It's a close race in Florida, but the frontrunner supports civil unions while his opponents do not. You must think we're talking about the general election, but this divide has actually cropped up in the Republican primary. While he still supports the ban on gay adoption, frontrunning (and not gay) Republican candidate Charlie Crist approves of civil unions for gay couples. This is a huge departure from the party platform and especially from current Florida governor and brother-of-W Jeb Bush.

In Florida, even the two Democrats running for governor didn't support gay adoption until last year, so it's odd to see this little bit of progressive politics on the Republican side. Of course, his support of the gays isn't helping his argument that he isn't a big ol' queen himself (see photo at right). When recently asked if he was gay, he replied, "I'm not," but from our experience, when gay rumors persist, there is often a reason.

Regardless, we applaud Charlie for standing up for his beliefs, whatever the reason, and wish him luck in the primary.

GOP Candidate For Fla. Gov. OKs Civil Unions [365 Gay]
Crist is not gay! [Blogwood]