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Kirby Dick, the documentarian responsible for This Film Is Not Yet Rated, investigates the hypocrisy of closeted politicians denying gay people rights. In the process he outs a considerable number of Washington bigwigs. According to the LA Times, his targets include:

Florida’s current  governor, Charlie Crist, who was viewed for a time as a front-runner to be John McCain’s vice-presidential pick; David Dreier (R-San Dimas), who was once a leading candidate for the House majority leader post when the Republicans still controlled Congress; Ken Mehlman, George Bush’s campaign manager during the 2004 election and former Republican National Committee chairman; former New York City mayor Ed Koch; the now-retired Idaho Sen. Larry Craig; Jim McCrery (R-La.), a ranking member on the House Ways and Means Committee who retired last year; Ed Schrock (R-Va.), who retired in 2004; and — gasp — the prominent Fox News anchor Shepard Smith. 

Okay, so some of the legislators involved in making anti-gay laws are gay themselves. But so what? Hopefully the film can tell us why they do this, instead of devolving into a gossip rag-esque series of outings. I kinda disagree with the guy in the trailer who says that each outing is a chink in the armor of the anti-gay movement: a real step forward would be the politicians themselves coming forward.

But if they don’t, should a filmmaker do the job for them?

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