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April 25, 2019
Mayor Pete's Advantage
By Paul Gottfried

Pete Buttigieg may pose problems that GOP operatives are not prepared to handle. Out of a field of more than twenty Democratic presidential candidates, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana stands out as an openly, proudly married gay. He flaunts his lifestyle in a way that may leave his political opponents at a disadvantage. Buttigieg campaigns with his gay spouse Chasten Glezman, and in yesterday’s New York Post (April 22, 2019), columnist Cindy Adams can hardly contain her moderate Republican enthusiasm in describing how Pete “shines” next to his gay spouse out on the hustings.

Buttigieg has every reason to play up his gayness. As a white male, it gives him an advantage against other white males in a party that “celebrates diversity.” Unlike Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, he is living what until quite recently was a morally daring “lifestyle” and is doing so with a “look at me” attitude. Buttigieg also plays up his religious piety as an “Episcopalian” and conveniently finds no contradiction between, on the one side, his “faith” and, on the other, his gay marriage and his advocacy of very late-term abortion. In his world and in that of his potential voters these choices are entirely compatible and indicate that Buttigieg is a “good person.” Since he is in every other way indistinguishable from most of the rest of the Democratic field, his ostentatious gayness has become his strong suit.

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