Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN), a champion of abstinence education and traditional family values, will resign effective Friday after an affair with a female staffer in his district office, he announced today.
He said in a statement that he “sinned against God, my wife and my family by having a mutual relationship with a part-time member of my staff.” And he blamed the atmosphere in Washington for forcing him to make the move:
“In the poisonous environment of Washington, D.C., any personal failing is seized upon, often twisted, for political gain. I am resigning rather than to put my family through that painful, drawn-out process.”
At this point, can we just assume if you’re a “Family Values” male Republican you’re either having an affair or are gay?
But, seriously, this guy is a piece of work. “In the poisonous environment of Washington, D.C., any personal failing is seized upon, often twisted, for political gain.” Remind me again… who turned “personal failings” into political gain? Which side of the aisle adopted the mantle of Family Values and never misses a chance to preach to, and condemn, everyone else?
Souder has also been a persistent critic of what he calls “homosexual marriage.” He cosponsored the “the DC Defense of Marriage Act [which] would simply state that in our nation’s capital, marriage means what marriage has always meant” and the “Marriage Protection Amendment [which] would amend the U.S. Constitution to ensure that marriage in the United States consists only of the union of a man and a woman.”
He might want to add to that last amendment. Marriage Protection Amendment [which] would amend the U.S. Constitution to ensure that marriage in the United States consists only of the union of a man and a woman… and a man’s mistress.
UPDATE: It just keeps getting better. His mistress interviewed him.
Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN) had an affair with a part-time staffer named Tracy Jackson, Fox is reporting. Jackson played the role of interviewer for a Souder Web video show on the issues of the day — including one on the value of abstinence.