Kasim Reed Anti-Choice, Pro-Hypocrisy

Believes government has a role to play in some bedrooms; just not his.

Privacy is an important, essential part of American life.  Many, me included, believe it’s a principal woven into our Constitution.

Apparently when Kasim Reed’s most intimate choices were thrust onto an obscure web page frequented by African-American women, it was time for Reed's legal team to jump into action.  Ironically, their acts brought more, not less, attention to the lasciviousness reported by the women.

According to a story reported later by Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Kasim Reed may be headed to court to defend the privacy of his sexual proclivities.

Reed's legal efforts seem to be focused on claims made about his sexual relations with specific city employees and  certain posts about his preferences for what could be called sexual acts of a non-traditional sort.

Efforts to quiet web discussions seem to have produced unwanted attention and exposed a major political vulnerability of Reed's.  

Reed's legal team does not seem to dispute web posts that had Reed placing former sexual partners on the city payroll.  

Also, Reed does not seem to dispute web posts that reference sexual liaisons with a woman who worked on his campaign staff when he was elected mayor of Atlanta.   Reportedly, the women later left the campaign to hold a senior position with the food service vendor recently awarded one the largest airport concessions contracts in Atlanta's history.

REED'S BIG POLITICAL PROBLEM REVEALED

Reed is a man who professes to be anti-choice (wink-wink, Kasim), but his actions have placed him squarely in a public conundrum.  

As he begins to roll out his reelection efforts, Reed will have to confront the issues of “choice” and “privacy.”

He will have to draw a distinction between his privacy and the privacy of a woman making a decision about her body and personal health. 

Reed will have to explain why his choices should not be subject to public discussion, scrutiny, analysis, and opinion but that a woman’s most intimate health decisions should be  subject to the opinions of any ambitious, enigmatic  politician such as himself.   

Albeit hypocritical, Reed is a man who believes your privacy is negotiable -- but not his.