Is it OK to ask a political candidate about his or her sexual orientation?
A question about sexual orientation is prurient not prescient. Such a question does nothing but allow someone's personal baggage or biases to detract from a public campaign to determine who has the ideas, the drive, the life experiences and the character to serve the people.
And sexual orientation is not a character issue. It is no indication of how a candidate will work to balance the budget or set policies that grow the economy or improve schools.
During the course of a campaign, candidates' lives become open books. They usually tell more than we want to know about themselves. Some of it true. But some things should be left private, as a matter of respect for ourselves and our electoral processes and as a matter of decency.
If it's OK to ask about sexual orientation, is it OK to ask a heterosexual candidates what kind of sex they have? Might not some heterosexual practices invite suspicion and revulsion?
How is democracy served by knowing what someone does in the bedroom? It's not. A campaign question about sexual orientation does nothing but affirm stereotypes and condone prejudices.