Florida GOP Governor Outed

Opponent Outs Florida GOP Governor
Candidate

by 365Gay.com Newscenter
Staff

(Fort Lauderdale, Florida) Florida
Attorney General Charlie Crist has been the subject of speculation for
several years but on Wednesday a political opponent used National
Coming Out Day to say he's known for years that Crist is gay.

Appearing on WFTL, a South Florida
news-talk station, independent gubernatorial candidate Max Linn said
it is common knowledge in Tallahassee that Crist is gay.

And, Linn said it is time Crist
acknowledged it.

"Charlie come out, come out from
wherever you are," Linn said during an interview on the station.

Linn said he has known Crist for 25
years and even worked to help get him elected to other offices and
that he's "a good guy."

The Crist campaign said Thursday it
would not comment. A spokesperson for U.S. Rep. Jim Davis, the
Democrat running for governor, also declined to comment.

In an August radio interview in Miami
Crist denied rumors he is gay when the question was directly put to
him.

"The point is, I'm not. There's
the answer. How do you like it?" Crist said. "Not that
there's anything wrong with that, as they say on Seinfeld. But I just
happen not to be."

During the gubernatorial primary
Crist's opponent for the GOP nomination, Tom Gallagher, continually
assailed Crist as "soft on homosexuals".

Although both candidates oppose
same-sex marriage and gay adoption Crist would "allow" civil
unions in Florida. Gallagher maintained there was no difference
between the two.