interview with The Advocate, Thomas admitted had felt the need to date a few women early in his career.

"I didn’t know how best to deal with that professionally, or personally for that matter," he explained. "I thought it would be a roadblock -- or a brick wall -- to advancement."

He said that after taking a job in a new television market, "I would automatically date a girl and have everyone at the station see it. We'd date for a little while and then I'd break up with them or do something to make them break up with me."

Jacobus is president Capitol Strategies PR and appears regularly on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News. In an op-ed for The Hill in 2009, she argued that "bullies" were trying to legalize same sex marriage.