A gay former cosmetics salesman running for the Texas House of Representatives has rejected calls to drop out of the race after news surfaced that he worked as a prostitute in New York and California until 2001.
Tom Malin, a Democrat running for the state House in Texas, says his past work as an escort shouldn't stop voters from supporting his candidacy.
"I stood before my creator years ago and asked for his forgiveness, grace and redemption," said Tom Malin, a Democrat who is running in the March 7 primary in a district in downtown Dallas.
"I was born again and feel as if
has granted me a second chance in life," Malin said in a statement released to the news media.
The Dallas Morning News stunned Democratic Party leaders and Malin's gay community supporters on Feb. 17 when it reported that Malin was paid between $200 to $600 to engage in sex with men who arranged for his services through an internet-based escort service.
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