I don't agree that outing anti-gay people is in anyway unconscionable. The only way to view it as unconscionable is to view homosexuality as somehow inferior or wrong. Outing a gay person who is publicly anti-gay is the best method of demonstrating to them that there is nothing inferior or wrong with being gay - something that person has yet to learn.
There is only one reason a gay person ever feels the need to keep their sexuality private: fear of ostracization. That ostracization is very specifically created by people who are anti-gay - especially public personalities who are anti-gay. Heterosexuals are not in any way closted because their sexuality is deemed "normal". Homosexual people should be out, just as heterosexuals are out. If an anti-gay politician feels discomfort at being outed for their homosexuality - they have brought that entirely upon themselves.
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