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NEW YORK (AP) - With the congressional sex scandal still troubling Republicans, one of the United States' top evangelical leaders is now accused of paying for gay sex. Heading into Tuesday's elections, liberals and some conservatives are saying the Republican party that prides itself on family values has a hypocrisy problem. Ted Haggard, a staunch foe of same-sex marriage and occasional participant in White House conference calls, resigned as president of the National Association of Evangelicals and head of his Colorado church following allegations he met monthly with a homosexual prostitute for three years. Haggard denies having sex with the...

In the most bizarre twist of a surreal campaign, Republicans could lose control of the House of Representatives due in part to disgraced Congressman Mark Foley's salacious e-mails to under-aged pages. If that happens, the beneficiary will be the party that has uncritically embraced the gay-rights movement -- which in turn embraces other things. Speaking of double standards: In 1983, Massachusetts Congressman Gary Studds (who passed away a few days ago) was found to have had sexual relations with a 16-year-old male page (No cyber-stalking for the Bay State perv.) He was censured by the House, then repeatedly reelected by...