Stop us if you've heard this one before: Married conservative elected official outed for cheating on his wife … by his mistress' partner. No, we're not talking about Sen. John Ensign.
Let's go more local. It's Tennessee State Sen. Paul Stanley. He stands accused of stepping out on his wife and two kids to diddle 22-year-old legislative intern McKensie Morrison. And it's Morrison's boyfriend Joel Palmer Watts who sounded the alarm after finding photos of the two on a memory card — and then trying to blackmail the senator. More surprising: All this went down in April, and the media is just jumping on the story now.
So why do you care? Because Stanley is another one of these traditional family values types — going so far as to say, laughably, "When you're married, there's a commitment there" — who championed a ban on gay adoption (with the clause that single heteros could still adopt).
Please, Mr. Stanley, enlighten us on which side of moral ineptitude you find yourself sitting on now?
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It's that C Street Family mentality that morality is for the little people, not elected officials whom god, obviously, has chosen (I thought it was misguided, braindead backwoods voters, but there ya go).
Not Intern-Gate!
YAY!!! Another major Hypocrite exposed!!! I LOVE IT!!!
Keep 'em coming folks. I hope the media will be all over him for months.
oh. btw, how old is he. I mean really, he's not too hot, an I would think a 22 yr old could do better. That's kinda sad.
Well, Scott, maybe he's packing 10 inches and it's as thick as a telephone pole.
No, probably not. Power seduces, I guess.
Anti-gay bigots don't care. Their number one priority is to take away every right gay people have. EMB mentioned their elitist mentality.
I cant wait until this hits the major air waves
Hi! Agree with all the comments! My sister's best friend has lived in Franklin, TN for almost 40 years-loves TN but hates the GOP. Sadly her sister and the sister's partner keep their relationship quiet in the part of TN they live in. The sister told my sister that they aren't as vocal as they'd like to be because of fear of retribution. Very sad.
God how I hate these rancid faced hypocrites……..
His email is sen.paul.stanley@capitol.tn.gov How about we tell him how we feel?
Here's what I said:
"Yet another politician who uses his very vocal support of traditional family values to deny adoption rights to otherwise perfectly qualified gays and lesbians! But then you cheat on your wife? How does that fit into your idea of family values?? How is that the best environment to raise children? What kind of emotional scarring have you done to your own kids? And you call yourself an 'evangelical Christian' to boot! Hypocrite.
Shame on you."
@Craig:
I think it is very admirable that you took the time and trouble to write to Senator Paul Stanley.
As for myself, I don't think that I even care to waste perfectly good stationery and a 42 cent stamp on the likes of christer hypocrites like him.
After all, in the warped minds of homophobic people like Ensign, Sanford and this philanderer, his God has already forgiven him for his trespasses, while we still remain the abominations and sinners his bible tells him we LBGT people are.
No matter how shameful and wrong their own behavior, they will always consider themselves better than us because of their stupid belief that god is on their side and against us.
It's a license to lie, cheat, steal and even cause the death of innocent people like the poor Matthew Shepard boy.
Somehow, I just do not see people like this surrendering that license any time soon.
I couldn't resist. I just sent an email to Paul Stanley. I kept it short and sweet.
"You vote against LGBT civil-rights and equality and lecture people on family values…and then you go out and have an affair on the side.
And you call yourself a Christian?
Hypocrite!"