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News and commentary about the anti-gay lobbyAugust 13th, 2009
You can leave stains on the carpet:
Housman told police they were drinking a lot the night of Aug. 2 and started arguing after “John began telling everyone, ‘I’m a gay guy.'”
Traci Housman says when they got home the fight got physical and she “broke away from John and ran towards the kitchen to get a knife to defend herself.”
She called 911 after stabbing him in the chest.
When paramedics arrived, Housman was performing CPR on her husband but he was already dead.
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SharonB
August 13th, 2009
Puts a new twist on Ex-ExGay.
Sorry, tasteless I know.
Bad grrl, I couldn’t resist.
Do not laugh at me, it only encourages me.
Dawn/FFL
August 13th, 2009
People that ‘try’ to live a life that God didn’t make for them just have a mess on their hands.
Burr
August 13th, 2009
Hmm.. Self-defense or gay panic?
I actually have no opinion on that, maybe he really was physically threatening her to cover it back up again or something.
Just not a bright move..
Jarred
August 13th, 2009
Also bear in mind that the story only says that the argument started because the husband was announcing he was gay at the party. We have no idea how the argument progressed from there or what ultimately may have resulted in Housman’s alleged need to defend herself. Some heated arguments tend to range all over in terms of subject matter, after all.
ravenbiker
August 17th, 2009
I once heard a mormon say that gays already have the right to marry; gay men can marry women. Can this be reason to refute that “right?”
This is a story with a bizarre yet understandable reaction to such an admission. Perhaps the wife is going through the change….
Sorry, I couldn’t resist.
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