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FEBRUARY 6, 2009 JUStOUt 5 letters It's a Nonissue wimps your craven call for Adams’ resignation makes mayor to be up front with ths citizens of this city ultimately a sustainable future. It posits Portland To the E ditor : us exit to be. We don’t roll over and relinquish what in all decision-making involving his office. as a model city for America, and it is a vision we You’ve made a mistake. But I forgive you. little power we have. Not for something like this. Sam Adams is my mayor, and I support 1 do not care a whit about Sam Adams’ sexu should not be willing to dash so quickly because of ality—I’m gay—but 1 do care that he lied and one person’s poor judgment regarding his personal him. His resignation would he a terrible loss for C hristopher D orr compounded the lie by asking others to lie on his life. So please, lift him up, dust him off, and help Portland, and I hope in the future you will choose Portland behalf. It completely matters that Sam Adams Mayor Sam Adams get back to work. to take a more objective stand on this nonissue. A lisa B ones Portland denied a toxic event in his life in order to gain Careless Lies the city of Portland’s most powerful public of M atthew A rnold To the E ditor : fice, which suggests an immature ruthlessness of M egan R eville -L ovell character. Portland Sam Adams has blackened the eye of our GLBT community. He has given credence to That the mayor claims he’s shamed and em Big Mistake those who say that the GLBT lifestyle is pervert barrassed at this point is not enough. He has cost Adams Is That Stereotype To the E ditor : ed, a sin, and we are all going to hell. this city and the gay community at large prestige. To the E ditor : Your call for Portland Mayor Sam Adams’ 1 have worked with Sam on several occa resignation smacks of internalized homophobia sions and would have voted for him if 1 were a and self-hate, masquerading as ethical outrage Portlander. He has great vision for the city of [“Difficult Decision,” Jan. 23]. Portland. But he has carelessly lied about his re K evin B unker young Mr. Breedlove in 2005, he lost a tremen We have plenty of enemies who will be calling lationship and even advised Beau Breedlove to Portland dous amount of credibility as a politician and as for Adams to resign because he’s gay and because lie as well, which does not contribute to ethical he’s our ally. Many who won’t be sublimating conduct or behavior that we should expect from a So Much Sound and Fury most: that a man 25 years older than a high school their homophobia with feigned outrage at Adams’ civic leader, especially a metropolitan mayor. It is To the E ditor : student would dishonestly state, “This perpetuates ethical blunder. Why would Just Out join them? up to Sam to decide what is good for the commu We are hoping we can all move beyond this the stereotype of the gay man who can’t be trusted nity or face a very uphill battle to regain trust and initial sound and fury. It signifies nothing but with minor boys." I find it both comical and pa work with the business community in Portland. shock and anger and sadness and should give way thetic. Adams is that stereotype. So Adams lied; he apologized; he’s humiliated and shamed; he’ll have to rebuild trust. The Just Out editorial board needs to get over it and start Sam should demonstrate he can be the better man and voluntarily step down. When Sam Adams allowed himself to be videotaped making an adamant denial of any manner of inappropriate sexual misconduct with a man. This is what personally distresses me the to reason and a shared vision of our city’s future. Adams took advantage of an admiring and na thinking about what it means to be loyal, even R ichard A. P az Reason says that sex is the one thing that ev ive young man to satisfy his own shallow and self when those we should be loyal to screw up. I am Vancouver, Wash. eryone will lie about. Reason also says that the ish sexual needs. He lied about it, privately and sexual relations between consenting adults should then publicly, to all the good citizens of Portland. not be subjected to public scrutiny. For these reasons and many more, Adams has a so infuriated by your reckless actions and your ap parent lack of concern for the repercussions on the Solely About Integrity community you claim to serve. If you don’t recog To the E ditor : Our shared vision of Portland’s future—one that nize that this is about power, then you are morons. Mayor Sam Adams needs to step down. 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