There was the article last weekend about Sam Adams' staffer who accused him of lewd discussions and eyeing advances. Sam Adams denied the claims and welcomed an investigation. In this story we have Roy Moore who is accused by multiple women of being approached for sex while they were under the age of consent. He too denies the claims. In both cases we can either assume they are guilty or that they're being falsely accused.

If the accused are innocent, then the accusers are wrong. If they are guilty, they are indefensible. One would have committed a serious crime. Morally we all agree on these points.

People assumed Sam Adams was guilty. Guilty BECAUSE he was gay. It was discussed as no surprise. Reasoning that gay people are like this as well as a number of other horrible things (serial killers, etc). People who made comments like that are the same ones here today figuring Roy Moore is guilty, defending him, and then shaming his victims.

A horrific double standard.