Is David Brooks (NY Times columnist and NewsHour participant) gay?

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Request for Question Clarification by juggler-ga on 28 Oct 2005 11:13 PDT

On the Newshour (11/1/02), Brooks mentioned having a wife.

"DAVID BROOKS: My wife is a Minnesotan and that's all true..."
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/political_wrap/july-dec02/sb_11-01.html

Does this answer your question?

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Clarification of Question by luvbone-ga on 28 Oct 2005 12:47 PDT

Yes, this probably answers my question, Obviously, some gay guys get
married. So he may still be gay. I had heard that he once obliquely
identified himself as gay on the NewsHour.

Okay.

David Brooks is married to a woman and is the father of three children.

On the Newshour (11/1/02), Brooks mentioned having a wife.
"DAVID BROOKS: My wife is a Minnesotan and that's all true..."
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/political_wrap/july-dec02/sb_11-01.html

In the acknowledgments of his book, "On Paradise Drive," Brooks writes:
"Finally, props go out to my wife, Jane..."
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743227387/

From an interview with Seattle Pacific University's Response magazine.
"My wife and I live in Bethesda, Maryland, a suburb of Washington,
D.C., and we have three kids; the oldest is 13."
http://www.spu.edu/depts/uc/response/spring2k4/success.html

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Good solid information. Thanks!