Lincoln was gay?

A new book suggests our "greatest president", Abraham Lincoln, our 16 President was gay. I don't think it matters either way if he were queer or not in how he acted as President, of course. There are a lot of closeted men married to women who are quite successful at their jobs. Lincoln was prone to depression, which is typical of gay men who are not allowed to live out their true feelings. Realistically, as the critics point out, because of the reliance on circumstantial evidence, we may never really know. I did have to search around a bit and draw some of my own conclusions. I found a letter that Lincoln wrote to an acquaintence about a daydream he had about love. One could argue that he wasn't successful in leaving the camp with the woman was because subconsciously, he wanted to be with a man!

Hey, a boy can dream, can't he? The letter is in full below. You decide.

LOVE'S AWAKENING
I always meant to write that story out and publish it, and I began once; but I concluded it was not much of a story- But I think that was the beginning of love with me. Did you ever write out a story in your mind? I did when I was a little codger. One day a wagon with a lady and two girls and a man broke down near us, and while they were fixing up, they cooked in our kitchen. The woman had books and read us stories, and they were the first I ever had heard. I took a great fancy to one of the girls; and when they were gone I thought of her a great deal, and one day when I was sitting out in the sun by the house I wrote out a story in my mind. I thought I took my father's horse and followed the wagon, and finally I found it, and they were surprised to see me. I talked with the girl and persuaded her to elope with me; and that night I put her on my horse, and we started off across the prairie. After several hours we came to a camp, and when we rode up we found it was the one we had left a few hours before, and we went in. The next night we tried it again, and the same thing happened-the horse came back to the same place; and then we concluded that we ought not to elope. I stayed until I had persuaded her father to give her to me. I always meant to write that story out and publish it, and I began once; but I concluded it was not much of a story- But I think that was the beginning of love with me.
Abraham Lincoln