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The latest election-eve political dirty trick--the accusation that pastor Ted Haggard, head of the National Association of Evangelicals, has been soliciting gay sex for the last three years--appears to be an incredibly desperate attempt to push an agenda.

While Haggard has admitted to "some" of the accusations are true, I do not believe the gay sex allegation. A voicemail recording indicates he may have been purchasing drugs from the accuser. However, if it turns out that it is all true and another great leader has fallen, that reality would have no bearing on the veracity of the traditional (one male, one female) definition of marriage. Why should one man's failings alter the way we view marriage?

When Republican Representative Mark Foley (Florida) was discovered to have initiated sexual instant messages and emails with Congressional pages, there were no Republicans (or Democrats for that matter) attempting to justify pedophilia as a result. Incidentally, he resigned and his behavior was immediately and appropriately condemned by his own party leaders.

Senator John Kerry spoke at Pasadena City College this week and implied that the men and women of our armed forces are uneducated and "stuck in Iraq." When he eventually offered his non-apology apology, no one made any attempt to support or justify his claim about any of our troops being somehow uneducated. In reality, a Heritage Foundation report reveals that our brave men and women are of the most educated and successful Americans. The debate centered around Kerry, his comment and its place in the context of Kerry's pattern of anti-war, anti-military speak. The only evaluation of the troops--throughout the political spectrum--was that which validated our men and women in uniform.

I say all this to say that it is absurd to challenge the obvious biological, societal, moral, economic benefits of the historically established definition of marriage as that which is between one man and one woman. In every state where this measure has been placed on a ballot, traditional marriage has won big.

What we're seeing in Colorado right now is the case of one man who, thankfully, appears to be seeking help for some error and failure. It is no cause to re-evaluate the supposed validity of redefining very the foundation on which society rests.

What a joke. Wanna bet there are no conservative women in the bunch?