Father of Kidnapping Survivor Elizabeth Smart’s Comes Out as Gay on Facebook

The father of kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart has come out as gay. Ed Smart, 64, recently came out in a Facebook post to friends and family. He said he is “finally acknowledging a part of me that I have struggled with most of my life and never wanted to accept." "I have recently acknowledged to myself and my family that I am gay,” the father of five wrote. Court records show Lois Smart filed for divorce on July 5.