He said he did nothing wrong. Just got some massages.
So why did he resign again?
From The Blotter:
Deputy Secretary of State Randall L. Tobias submitted his resignation Friday, one day after confirming to ABC News that he had been a customer of a Washington, D.C. escort service whose owner has been charged by federal prosecutors with [...]

That’s right. Not civil unions. Marriage.
From the NY Times:
Gov. Eliot Spitzer will introduce a bill in the coming weeks to legalize same-sex marriage in New York, his spokeswoman said Friday, a move that would propel New York to the forefront of one of the most contentious issues in politics.
Though he has long voiced support for [...]

The Bush administration just put out a study that tracked the behavioral differences between kids who were in abstinence-only programs and kids who were in a control group.

Wait, kids haven’t changed their minds about having sex? And it only cost us $87 million dollars a year to fund abstinence programs to find that out? Well…I [...]

For all you gay/bi/etc. Republicans out there, Dennis Sanders reprints in full why some of you stick to the principles you believe in.
From NeoMugwump…
We are Republican because we believe in limited government, free markets, a strong national defense, and personal responsibility;
We strive for Unity without the tyranny of uniformity, because the greatness of the Republican [...]

He was on his bus answering a question about whether our government should spend money to provide condoms in Africa. And then the reporter asked him an excruciatingly simple question.
You will be amazed…
Q: Do you think contraceptives help stop the spread of HIV?�
Mr. McCain: (Long pause) “You’ve stumped me.�
Q: “I mean, I think you’d probably [...]

Religious-politico ideology hurting our war against religious-politico ideology. Hmm…how ironic.
My friends, the following is absolutely appalling…
As a lifelong Republican who served in the Army in Germany, I believe it is critical that we review — and overturn — the ban on gay service in the military. I voted for “don’t ask, don’t tell.” But much [...]

Oh boy…
From Chicago Tribune:
“I believe homosexual acts between two individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts,” Pace said in a wide-ranging discussion with Tribune editors and reporters in Chicago. “I do not believe the United States is well served by a policy that says it is OK to be immoral [...]

If you’re going to get the Republican nomination, there are some things you’ll probably have to agree with the majority of Republicans about. Two of them are abortion and gay marriage. I’m not saying that all Republicans feel this way, but the majority? Yep.
And in that vein…Giuliani may be staring an insurmountable problem in the [...]

From opposite ends of the country, two stories that will either make you laugh or simply shake your head.
First, from North Dakota:
North Dakota’s House has agreed to repeal the state’s anti-cohabitation law without a vote to spare, and Gov. John Hoeven is expected to sign it.
The law, which makes it illegal for a man and [...]

Retired army general and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, John M. Shalikashvili, writes an op-ed in the NY Times about don’t ask, don’t tell…
When I was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, I supported the current policy because I believed that implementing a change in the rules at that time would [...]

This is doozy from Utah…
Salt Lake City - Utah Supreme Court justices acknowledged Tuesday that they were struggling to wrap their minds around the concept that a 13-year-old girl could be both an offender and a victim for the same act - in this case, having consensual sex with her 12-year-old boyfriend.
The Ogden, Utah, girl [...]

Now that’s a beautiful thing. Congratulations ladies. I wish you and your partner Heather Poe a happy, healthy pregnancy.
Still, Sullivan talks about the implications…
You cannot be a party that sees gay love, marriage and parenthood as the work of Satan and have a vice-presidential family that is busy building a lesbian family as an integral [...]

It appears that may be the case…
The Roman Catholic church has taken the first step towards what could be a historic shift away from its total ban on the use of condoms.
Pope Benedict XVI’s “health minister” is understood to be urging him to accept that in restricted circumstances - specifically the prevention of Aids - [...]

StopGeek has 10 reasons why it’s not a good idea, and I wholeheartedly agree with every single one of them.

Acoording to his contemporaries, Haggard didn’t just buy meth…
The Rev. Ted Haggard agreed to resign as leader of the New Life Church after its independent investigative board recommended removal, saying he was guilty “of sexually immoral conduct.”
“We, the Overseer Board of New Life Church, have concluded our deliberations concerning the moral failings of Pastor [...]

…but not sex.
This is as I suspected. It’s much easier to live down a drug problem then a so-called sexual deviance. And unless any other evidence comes out, it will always be a he said/he said scenario. So it appears as if Haggard could be off the hook when it comes to the sex [...]

Listen, I don’t usually get into the politics of personal destruction, but this is one of those rare instances where somebody is revealed as an incredible hypocrite. Plus, this the guy who says he talks to the White House every Monday morning, and that’s non-trivial
From KKTV:
A sudden about-face in the scandal facing New Life Church’s [...]

I’ve long argued that most forms of extremism harkens back to one’s own psychological issues. I’m reminded of the psychological theory that suggests that the psyche is similar to a tube of toothpaste. The gist of the argument is that a tube of toothpaste works well when the cap is removed and pressure is applied [...]

The numbers in Scandanavia provide undeniable proof that this is a good idea. Great news.
From Volokh:
A decade after Denmark, Norway and Sweden passed their respective partnership laws, heterosexual marriage rates had risen 10.7% in Denmark; 12.7% in Norway; and a whopping 28.8% in Sweden. In Denmark over the last few years, marriage rates are the [...]

All the New Jersey court upheld was that same sex couples should have the same legal rights as everybody else. That’s it. They did not mandate marriage. And yet the GOPers were very happy that the issue got brought back up again. Why, even Bush said about the decision, “Yesterday in New Jersey, we had [...]