I think because republicans have chosen to say that they (repubs) are the party of morals and values and the democratic party is against family values. We painted ourselves into this corner. I think conservatives have picked this battle and now we must deal with what comes along. We can't rale against the homosexual agenda and then expect people to understand when one of our "leaders" is found to be gay or have homosexual tendencies or is just looking for a bj or whatever. Most people on "our side" have decided that homosexuality is a learned behavior not genetic. If indeed that is the case then we can't expect mercy when someone on the Repub/conservative side is found to have those tendencies.