Anti-gay, pro-abstinence legislator had affair with intern

[babsbunny]

http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/07/24/anti-gay-pro-abstinence-legislator-had-affair-with-intern/

Anti-gay, pro-abstinence legislator had affair with intern

By Raw Story

Published: July 24, 2009

A Republican state senator from Tennessee–who is married and the father of two– has admitted to police that he had sex with a 22 year old intern after her boyfriend allegedly demanded money from the legislator to not make public a video of the legislator and intern having sex.

State Sen. Paul Stanley only recently sponsored legislation designed to prohibit gay couples in his home state from ever adopting children. He has also opposed family planning services, explaining that his “faith and church” require him to “promote abstinence.” And Stanley has run as a “pro-family” candidate in his campaigns for the Tennessee State Senate.

On Thursday, Stanley resigned his chairmanship of the Tennessee State Senate’s Commerce committee.

[FiveGoodMen]

1. There seems to be an endless supply of these hypocrites, doesn't there?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Oh, how the mighty are fallen...

Good grief. Do these people never learn?

:eyes:

[MADem]

3. Geez, I was hoping the intern was a feller! That would have been a trifecta! nt

[county worker]

4. Why were the police involved? 22 is old enough for consensual sex. Maybe

because the boy friend threatened him. Well I guess if you don't want to be a porn star don't video yourself having sex. It will be good evidence in divorce court though.

[Hello_Kitty]

5. Paul Stanley?

[KansDem]

6. Another GOPer gripped by darkness! (nt)

[Swede]

7. It gets better.

Oh, bonus! Stanley works as a financial adviser for the Stanford Financial Group, whose founder, Allen Stanford, has been charged with orchestrating an $8 billion scam.

Wonder if Stanley stays at C Street when he's in DC.

Late Update: It gets worse. In 1994, Stanley's first wife, Judy Martin, filed for a restraining order against him, charging that he had physically assaulted her three times. She wrote: "He was going out the door to leave our house and he hit me with a tremendous blow and then he proceeded to turn and run away from me outside the garage to the street." Stanley and Martin divorced the following year.

According to the Nashville Post, Stanley met his current wife, Kristi Stanley, soon afterwards, while both were working for Bill Frist's U.S. Senate office in Memphis. She was working as -- an intern.


http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/abstinence-supporting_gop_state_lawmaker_admits_to.php

[bertman]

8. G. O. P. - - - Greedy Old Pootyhounds

Bad dog!!!

[Union Yes]

9. GOP marriage is the greatest threat to the sanctity of straight marriage.

[Mopar151]

11. Profound, and oh so true n/t

[FiveGoodMen]

12. GOP marriage is the greatest threat to America

Because it produces GOP kids.

Yes, really.

[chaplainM]

10. Look for the (D) when Fox runs this story. n/t

[Wednesdays]

14. Wanna start a pool?

I pick Saturday (tomorrow) at 2:00 P.M EDT.

[felinetta]

13. They never learn. What stinkin' hypocrites!