Newest spin on the Foley scandal is very unsavory.

The newest take on the Foley scandal is to blame it on allowing people with alternate lifestyles (read "gay" here) to hold public office.

I saw one of the Christian talking heads on CNN saying that this is the result of allowing individuals with alternate lifestyles to hold political office. He also suggested that the possible reason that it was not investigated further when it first came to Hastert's attention is for fear of upsetting the gay constituents.

It might be well past time to educate these people on the difference between a homosexual and a pedophile. These are not the same thing.

I guess the idea to these people is that since they believe that homosexuality is a perversion, that it must simply be a simple hop, skip, and a jump to the next perversion.

(I wish I could remember which Christian Republican apologist made the above statement but I was actually kind of nodding off when it caught my attention.)

P.S. It was Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council.

P.S.S. Here is a link where Gingrich jumps on the "gay bashing" excuse band wagon.

WALLACE: But during all those months they left Foley in the House Republican leadership. They left him as the head of the congressional caucus dealing with exploited children. No second thoughts about that?
GINGRICH: Well, you could have second thoughts about it, but I think had they overly aggressively reacted to the initial round, they would also have been accused of gay bashing.

These people have no fucking shame!