Another Day, Another Hypocrite

A virtuous Republican has once again been led into temptation. Senator John Ensign, a supposed rising star in the Republican ranks has admitted to an affair with a staffer, who happens to be the wife of another staff member.

Now I really don't care about who the Senator sleeps with. It is none of my business. The Senator, however, has over the years made a point of caring about others sex lives. He famously called fellow Republican Larry Craig a "disgrace" after his airport restroom incident. He also called for Bill Clinton's resignation or removal from office following his impeachment because of the Lewinsky scandal. He is also a member of The Promise Keepers the evangelical men's organization dedicated to championing the traditional family.

Senator Ensign has also been front and center pushing a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. He has been vocal on the importance of this and said before the Senate:

"Marriage is the cornerstone on which our society was founded," added Sen. Ensign, going on to add, "For those who say that the Constitution is so sacred that we cannot or should not adopt the Federal Marriage Amendment, I would simply point out that marriage, and the sanctity of that institution, predates the American Constitution and the founding of our nation.

"Marriage, as a social institution, predates every other institution on which ordered society in America has relied," Ensign went on to claim.

I wish these self-righteous moralizers would just be quiet. Live your lives and allow the rest of us to live our own. We will make mistakes, and have failings, just as you do. Stop trying to legislate your interpretation of what is moral and decent. In return we will stop enjoying every time one of you hypocrites is caught with his pants down.