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Carter's "Gay" Excuse

[UPDATE] oh Andrei beat me to it!

Oh, I really couldn't believe this in today's Herald.

MP Chris Carter is saying that the media is only focused on his spending because he is gay.
"Why was there no interest in any other minister taking their partner with them, only me? Why should that be?" he said yesterday.

"The only conclusion that I can draw from that is it's because I'm gay, and that if I was a heterosexual minister taking my husband or wife with me, it would be of no interest."
If ever there was a case of using one's "orientation" as a kind of reverse defence, then this is it..