(Wash.) Official resigns from group after anti-gay comments go public

[Newsjock]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=WA%20XGR%20Anti%20Gay%20Comment&dpfrom=th

By REBECCA COOK
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- A businessman who made derogatory comments to an AIDS awareness group at the Capitol has resigned from his position as first vice president for the Rental Housing Association of Puget Sound.

"Looks like it's anal sex week," Lou Novak loudly remarked as a group from the Life Long AIDS Alliance walked though the state House office building.

The group included a 13-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy. The boy's family had recently been forced to move because of AIDS-related prejudice in his neighborhood.

The Rental Housing Association's executive board held an emergency meeting on Thursday, after The Associated Press reported on the incident. Board members asked for and accepted Novak's resignation as first vice president. He also voluntarily resigned from the group, which represents 3,500 landlords across Washington state.

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[arcane1]

1. notice that is was AFTER the AP reported on it...

that they held a meeting about this ass-hole

:grr:

[Occulus]

15. Some can't do the right thing until

the cold light of truth shines upon them.

Fine. Either way, the guy is gone.

[Enquiringkitty]

2. GOOD! People like that shouldn't have contact with the public let

alone be in any way in control over housing. Let him go live in a cave with his outdated mentality.

[Bark Bark Bark]

3. Well...At Least

...at least the vicious, ignorant bastard didn't fight it. How often do they figure it out THAT soon?

If you meet Lou Novak, be sure to educate him about anal sex. Lesson One: Come On, Lou, Squeal Like A Pig. Lesson Two: See How Much Better It Feels When Your Top Lubricates? Lesson Three: The Donkey Punch Is Funny, Ain't It?

[Borgnine]

4. Novak?

Any relation to a certain douchebag with the same name?

[Jamastiene]

5. Evidence Piece #1

I am constantly saying that the south and the heartland of America are different from the Northeast and the West Coast. Some people constantly say there is no difference. If someone made those comments here say in Charlotte, NC (reference Bill James), that person would be patted on the back and would NOT resign FOR SURE. It's the attitude the majority in an area have that makes or breaks either gay people or the homophobe or racists, or sexists, or you name it. I take it there are enough people in that area who are not homophobes to make the resignation a reality. Otherwise, the man wouldn't have done it.

[bluestateguy]

6. He's a Gooper

http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=WA&last=novak&first=lou

[FlemingsGhost]

7. Let me guess ... Mr. Novack is a Republican?

"The remark was made in private and they just happened to overhear it, and that's very unfortunate," Novak said. "I'm certainly sorry that anyone was offended by it."

He's not sorry he made a hateful, hurtful comment ... he regrets the wrong people heard it. Sounds like a Republican apology to me.

Yuck it up, Lou. Your time will come ...

[arwalden]

10. He's Not Sorry For SAYING It... Just Sorry That Someone Took Offense...

What a guy!

[tanyev]

12. It's a Cheney apology.

But did Novak feel better after he said the offensive remark? That's really all that matters.

[slor]

8. Looks more like...

dumbass week!

[Ian David]

9. What if you went to a NASCAR event and said, "Looks like incest week"?

[slor]

11. My guess is...

that you/I would be bludgeoned to death, for speaking the truth.

[Evergreen Emerald]

13. In this political climate...

...the radical racist/homophobic/idiots are crawling out from under their rocks and actually believe they are mainstream. And unfortunatly they are the loudest (and in currently in power). It will get worse as that behavior is advocated by the neo-cons.

[Tempest]

14. Louis Novak - Seattle, WA - $250 To National Republican Congressional Cmte

From Opensecrets.org

http://tinyurl.com/6m76a

[Guckert]

16. He said the same thing at a Whitehouse Press conference last month.

[Straight Shooter]

17. Were they discussing Gannon at the time? eom

[Guckert]

18. It was during a game of naked W.H. twister and Rove was the spinner

McClellan and Gannon were in a heated battle for victory