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01/22/2005 Archived Entry: "Not that There's Anything Wrong With That"

Posted by antle @ 03:42 PM EST [Link]

NOT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT: The legacy of Abraham Lincoln has always stirred up passionate debate in some quarters, but lately the focus has been on the Great Emancipator's sex life. In The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln, C.A. Tripp argued that the 16th president was gay. Mark Schatzker makes a more humorous case for Lincoln's homosexuality over at Slate, examining evidence from past biographies.

"Then, so they said, Abe Lincoln called out, 'I'm the big buck of this lick. ... If any of you want to try it, come on and whet your horns.' " (Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years, by Carl Sandburg, Page 15)

"Abraham Lincoln was one of those who danced." (Lincoln, Page 85)

Read on.