Helpful hint for reading an article written by the Associated Press: if there are words in the story, you can be sure it's unmitigated bulls***

Sorry for recycling a headline, but it's appropriate for the kind of crap the Associated Press peddles on a daily basis.

Romney’s gay national security spokesman resigns after questions about his conservatism

Mitt Romney’s national security spokesman resigned Tuesday after critics questioned his conservatism because he is gay.

Richard Grenell announced he had decided to leave Romney’s campaign shortly after he was hired in late April. Grenell, who is openly gay, previously worked for neoconservative former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton, as well as other foreign policy hawks.

...A series of critics on the right had suggested Grenell’s sexuality would present problems for the Romney campaign...

Within 24 hours, GayPatriot helped debunk the story, which has about as much truthful content as a Michael Moore "documentary".

Lost in all the hullabaloo over Richard Grenell’s resignation from the Romney campaign are the actual words of his statement announcing his decision:

I have decided to resign from the Romney campaign as the Foreign Policy and National Security Spokesman. While I welcomed the challenge to confront President Obama’s foreign policy failures and weak leadership on the world stage, my ability to speak clearly and forcefully on the issues has been greatly diminished by the hyper-partisan discussion of personal issues that sometimes comes from a presidential campaign. I want to thank Governor Romney for his belief in me and my abilities and his clear message to me that being openly gay was a non-issue for him and his team.

Emphasis added. Some of the left have used this story as a cudgel with which to bash conservatives, but they ignore the strong critique this openly gay man offered of Obama’s foreign policy, who cited its many failures and faulted the president’s weak leadership.

And this openly gay man made clear that his sexuality was not an issue to the Romney team.

The Associated Press could not be reached for comment at press time, reportedly because they were feeding the million monkeys that write their stories.