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AUSTRALIA: Family Values Pol Busted Leaving Gay Bathhouse

Australia is seeing a Rekersesque scandal of its own as a family values-type member of Parliament was busted on camera leaving a gay bathhouse near Sydney.

NSW Transport Minister David Campbell has resigned following revelations he used his taxpayer-funded car to visit a gay men's sex venue in Sydney's eastern suburbs. A 7News investigation has revealed Mr Campbell allegedly left a sex venue in the electorate of Premier Kristina Keneally on Tuesday night. About 5pm on Thursday night, the Labor MP met with Premier Keneally to offer his resignation and she accepted it without hesitation. In a statement issued by the government, Mr Campbell said he apologises to his wife, family, colleagues and staff. "This will be a very difficult time for my family and friends," it said. The investigation aired video of Mr Campbell seen to be leaving Kens at Kensington where he spent two hours on Tuesday night. Mr Campbell is accused of driving his own ministerial car to the gay sauna. Formerly known as Ken's Karate Klub (or KKK) the establishment charges a $22 entry fee and assures clients of discretion. Its website offers services for men who prefer men, including a porn lounge, sauna and spa. Since 1999, Mr Campbell has campaigned strongly and successfully as a family man in his Wollongong seat of Keira.

(Tipped by JMG reader Barry)

Anti-Gay Family Values GOP Rep. Mark Souder To Resign Over Affair With Staffer

Family values evangelical Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN), who in 2004 famously compared gay people to alcoholics, will resign today amid allegations that he had an affair with a female staffer. Souder is married with three children.

Saying he "sinned against God, my wife and my family by having a mutual relationship with a part-time member of my staff," Rep. Mark Souder, R-3rd, said Tuesday he will resign from Congress. Souder, who won re-nomination to run for a ninth term, said he won't be a candidate in the fall. "I believe it is the best decision for my family, the people of northeast Indiana and our country," he said in a statement. Souder is the latest politician whose political career crumbled under rumors and admissions of extramarital affairs. "In the poisonous environment of Washington, D.C., any personal failing is seized upon, often twisted, for political gain," he said. "I am resigning rather than to put my family through that painful, drawn-out process.

Souder's anti-gay voting record: NO on hate crimes (2009), NO on ENDA (2007), YES on constitutional ban on gay marriage (2006), YES on gay adoption ban (1999).

Souder in 2004: "I believe people can have a propensity to alcoholism. I believe they can have a propensity to look at pornography on [the] Internet. I believe they can have a propensity to be homosexual. But I believe that it's wrong and it's controllable. That is a fundamental, biblically based view that doesn't leave a lot of room or comfortability in a society where they don't want you to have absolutes."

Apparently people also have a propensity to fuck their employees.

UPDATE: First clip: Souder on ENDA in 2007. Second clip: Souder and his mistress on abstinence education. SNORK!