Honest (Gay) Abe?

I'm a geek about history (Ed would say I'm a geek in a lot of ways), and I have a special place in my heart for some of the great presidents we've had. They're all just fascinating to me since they are very much larger than life and they played a huge part in forming the world we live in today. I've got a list of favorites that I'll have to post about sometime, but suffice it to say, my all-time favorite is good ol' Honest Abe Lincoln. It's impossible to say what kind of world we'd be living in today had he not been the leader he was. The challenges he faced were enough to make mere mortals crawl up in a fetal position and whimper.

Now, there's a new book out claiming that Honest Abe was really Gay Abe. I haven't read the book, so I can't make any judgments, but this article in Time explains the guy's theory pretty well. I admit that the fact that Abe slept with men is a pretty convincing reason to think he might've played for both teams, but I just don't know. I just can't see the man who led the country through the worst war in our history spending much time pettin' someone else's puppy, so to speak. But then again, with the wife that he had, who could blame him if he did?