Fallout proves too much as Norris quits race
Announcing that he would no longer seek nominations to contest the race, the independent senator said he had shown it is possible for a gay person to be seen as a viable candidate for the highest office in the land.
Mr Norris announced his decision outside his Georgian home in Dublin, following days of controversy over a 1997 letter in which he sought leniency in the sentencing of Ezra Yizhak Nawi, who was convicted of statutory rape.
