ED Koch is upset over a new documentary, 'Outrage' -- not because it claims he had 'a well-established affair with a man he subsequently ran out of town,' as Variety reported yesterday, but because it claims 'his record on AIDS and gay rights was virtually nonexistent.'

The former mayor is proud of his record on AIDS and gay rights and accuses filmmaker Kirby Dick -- a proponent of outing closeted politicians -- of revising history.

'It's a [bleep]ing outrage,' Koch told Page Six yesterday.....

The current governor of a major U.S. southern state, the campaign manager of a U.S. president, a senior West Coast congressman, a former mayor of New York City, and others are among those outed in Kirby Dick’s “Outrage,” a provocative new documentary debuting tomorrow night at the Tribeca Film Festival. Unseen in its finished form until yesterday, the film is likely to cause waves in political and media circles as word gets out about its subject matter."

TALLAHASSEE — His approval ratings may be sky high, but if Charlie Crist runs for the U.S. Senate, he still could face a serious primary challenge from former state House Speaker Marco Rubio.

In an about-face, the conservative Miami Republican said Tuesday that Crist's candidacy would not deter him from running if he decides to jump into the race. Rubio said that in 25 days he raised $250,000 for an exploratory campaign for the Senate and will make a decision within weeks.

'My decision, which I'll announce shortly, will not be predicated on what anybody else does,' Rubio said in a phone interview from Washington, where he gave a speech and had meetings this week. He brushed off suggestions that he may run for attorney general, saying he's passionate about federal issues.

Partners and dependents of gay state workers in Maryland are receiving health, dental and prescription drug benefits for the first time under a new state budget.

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley’s fiscal year 2010 budget passed both houses of the General Assembly without any amendments to strip the benefits from the budget, according to Dan Furmansky, Equality Maryland’s former executive director and current legislative consultant.

“The budget has passed each house without any amendments to strip DP benefits,” Furmansky said. “Now, the two bills will be reconciled in conference committee. But DP benefits are secure.”

Most of those who are disturbed about same-sex marriage are not as exercised about preserving heterosexual marriage. That’s because it doesn’t raise money and won’t get them on TV. Some preachers would rather demonize gays than oppose heterosexuals who violate their vows by divorcing, often causing harm to their children. That’s because so many in their congregations have been divorced and preaching against divorce might cause some to leave and take their contributions with them.

The battle over same-sex marriage is on the way to being lost. For conservatives who still have faith in the political system to reverse the momentum, you are -— to recall Harold Hill --"closing your eyes to a situation you do not wish to acknowledge."