Senator David Vitter's telephone number appears among those released by well-known Washington, D.C. prostitute madam Pamela Martin as someone who used her escort service.

This guy is the New Orleans senator who, in the vote to pass constitutional amendment to outlaw same-sex marriages, said: “I don’t believe there’s any issue that’s more important than this one.”

He stands up before the nation, declaiming on the sanctity of marriage yet doesn’t honor the very institute he’s defending.

Senator Vitter has apologized in a written statement: “This was a very serious sin in my past for which I am, of course, completely responsible. Several years ago, I asked for and received forgiveness from God and my wife in confession and marriage counseling. Out of respect for my family, I will keep my discussion of the matter there - with God and them.”

I don’t think we should let him get away with making our right to marry a public issue and then hiding when his own marriage can’t stand up to scrutiny. We need to stop letting the Republicans define us as immoral, when most of them have broken their vows.

Remember, Jesus never once mentioned homosexual behavior as a sin but he sure took issue with adultery.

Part II

"What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say."

The above quote is from Ralph Waldo Emerson and is quite apropos when you consider all the representatives of the Republican Party who are crashing and burning these days.

We had Mark Foley of Florida and his emails to underage pages. We had Jim West of Spokane attempting to hire an online buddy from a sex chat room. We had diaper loving, prostitute visiting David Vitter of Louisiana. We can't forget Ed Schrock of Virginia who is on tape soliciting for gay sex. Nor, should we neglect the newest member of the club, Larry Craig of Idaho, who pleaded guilty for what he did in an airport restroom.

Now, I'm not saying that the Republicans have a lock on sexual misconduct while in office. Far from it. What incenses me is their sexual double dealings. All of these representatives have sponsored and voted for legislation codifying the definition of marriage while violating their marriage vows. Most have spoken and voted against various measures to protect Gay and Lesbian Americans from discrimination and violence and to keep us out of the military while, at the same time, they solicited for gay sex in public restrooms and chat rooms.

They are all on the record as great defenders of the family. Frankly, the American family doesn't need their sort of help. The American family is a beautiful, vibrant thing; blended together from all kinds of parents. You've got single parents, gay and lesbian parents, grand parents as second parents, and good old fashioned opposite sex parents.

It is time to recognize that who we love is not nearly as important as the fact that everyone should be allowed to love without prejudice. If only those representatives had kept out of the politics of the bedroom, they might have been able to keep their jobs. The American public has a fine nose for detecting hypocrisy and the stench from these boobs will last to the next election.