Freudian slip

Dan Patrick, the supposed staunchly anti-gay Texas senator, nailed his surprising rainbow colours firmly to the mast last week.

He was intending to tweet his opposition to a federal court Judge's ruling that a ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.

But, in an apparent change of heart, the self-proclaimed 'Christian first, Conservative second, and Republican third' senator immediately published this ringing endorsement.

It's not the first time that the sexual preferences of Mr Patrick, who has been married for 38 years, have been called into question.

Looks like a nice man to me.

Not sure about the teeth though. Or the lazy left eye. Or the toupée for that matter.

All this puts me in mind of the famous admission by George Bush Sr.