Uhh, there was an exclamation point after that "of course". 

 I know I am outvoted by the politically-correct crowd, so even AFTER providing the requested smoking-gun playboy interview (and having been accused of forging it), I will again retire from this thread. 
    
 But you have managed to suppress the truth only by being pedantic and disingenuous.  You guys remind me of the right-wing talk-radio people who defend the fag senator: "He MIGHT not be gay!" "The police just entrapped him!"  "Since when is tapping your foot in a bathroom stall a crime?" 

 BULL SHIT.  The senator's a fag and so is Clarke.  That's not BAD, but it's TRUE. Have you ever heard Barney Frank speak?  I did last weekend, and that's one COOL DUDE!!  In general, I think gays are far better people than "normals" by every measure from intelligence to sense of humor, and I prefer to hang around with gay men than straight ones. 

 But all that is irrelevant: Clarke is GAY.   

 I'm not anti-gay; I'm anti suppression of the truth. Unfortunately, a lot of that happens here at wikipedia ever since "management" decided this was more about CYA and not offending anyone than it is about making the truth available to humanity for free.    PS: You don't need to type a snotty comeback because  I'm out of it now.  YOU WON.  You might just ask yourself though "What did I win? What did I accomplish?"