Gay Lawmaker Comes Out Against 'Don't Say Gay' Bill

Republican Missouri lawmaker Zach Wyatt never let his own homosexuality stop him from blocking bills to prevent bullying and discrimination. But, apparently, a state bill aimed at banning students from discussing their sexuality in public schools went too far. Wyatt penned an op-ed in The Kirksville Daily Express coming out both as a gay man and as an opponent of the "Don't Say Gay" bill. "I am not the first or last Republican to come out. I have just gotten tired of the bigotry being shown on both sides of the aisle on gay issues," he wrote. "Being gay has never been a Republican or Democratic issue, and it should never be."