A picture perfect family
Sen. Paul Stanley (R-Memphis) might have a completely reasonable explanation for the scandalous details emerging from documents filed in Davidson County Criminal Court. After all, Sen. Stanley is known for legislating his personal moral beliefs on what constitutes a family.
As Sen. Stanley once pontificated about unmarried couples, “a lot of times there’s just not the commitment to one another.” And when they aren’t that committed, as Sen. Stanley eloquently argued when he sought a law banning gays from adopting, little children can be very hurt, maybe even permanently damaged.
More often than not, little children are the victims of philandering adulterers, legalized divorce and parents that willfully abandon or abuse them. If the allegations of a sexual affair with an intern are true, the two children being hurt more than ever right now are Sen. Stanley’s.
It bears repeating that children need a loving home with loving parents. It might be worth adding that children deserve loving parents even if those loving parents decide to engage in adulterous philandering or any other, more legal “sins” of their choice. Hopefully Sen. Stanley will come to feel the same way.
From court documents:
Joel Watts was involved in a relationship with McKensie Morrison. While in this relationship, Watts discovered that Morrison was engaged in a sexual relationship with Paul Stanley. Watts discovered a memory disc with explicit photographs of Morrison. These photographs appeared to be taken in Stanley’s apartment. On April 8, 2009, Watts began contacting Stanley via text messages and phone calls. During these contacts , Watts demanded Stanley pay him $10,000.00 for the photographs. Watts communicated to Stanley if he did not pay the money, the photographs would be sent to other individuals, including the media. Releasing the photographs to individuals or the media would cause embarrassment, both professionally and personally to Stanley.
On April 8, 2009, Stanley contacted the TBI for assistance. TBI, working with Stanley recovered text messages where these demands were made. At TBI’s instruction, Stanley informed Watts he would be able to meet with him on April 9, 2009. On April 9, 2009, Watts again contacted Stanley via text messages and demanded that Stanley meet him and pay him the money. Subsequently, a controlled delivery of $10,000 was organized and made to Watts. The delivery was made behind a El Rey Azteca Mexican restaurant, located in Whites Creek, Davidson County, TN. When Watts arrived, he and Stanley exchanged the a memory disc for the $10,000.00. Watts was taken into custody at that time. During a subsequent interview, Watts admitted to demanding the money from Stanley.
UPDATE 12:10pm: Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey issued a statement so short that he could have tweeted it. Here it is:
“I have received a letter from Senator Stanley resigning from his Chairmanship of the Commerce, Labor and Agriculture Committee and I have accepted his resignation.”
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A married office-holder having a sexual affair with an intern–call me crazy, but it sounds vaguely familiar. The difference, of course, is that last time Christian and his fellow Dems assured us that such matters are nobody’s business and that our preoccupation with what Christian now refers to as the “scandalous details” shows how tragically unsophisticated we are compared to Europeans. Even lying under oath about the affair–something that Stanley did not do–was excused as inconsequential and expected; everybody lies about sex, we were told. I wonder, did Stanley do it with his intern on the floor of his office? Did she provide sexual favors under his desk while he was on the phone with any prime ministers?
It bears repeating a years old argument noted by Rob that extramarital affairs are the sole business of consenting adults. In fact, here’s what I wrote above:
It’s also worth noting that politicians who feel it’s everyone else’s business, including the law, very often allow their own philandering to do the most damage to marriages and families through misguided public policy.
In this particular case, it was Sen. Stanley himself who publicly documented the details before a court of law. Like the recent case of North Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, some politicians go out of their way to publicize their moral short comings.
You say it was Stanley himself who documented the details before a court of law. That’s because he did the right thing–reported the crime of extortion. Are you suggesting that Bill Clinton was somehow entitled to privacy because instead of doing the right thing he chose to lie about his affair under oath? Wow, we are really through the looking glass now.
I haven’t made any suggestions about Bill Clinton. This post is about Sen. Paul Stanley’s zeal to make certain my partner and I cannot start a family in the state of Tennessee because he’s determined our loving relationship of 10 years is more damaging to children than what philandering adulterers do to families.
Hopefully Sen. Stanley will find some time to re-evaluate his efforts to deny me a family before he decides to refile his disgraceful legislation. And hopefully I’ve given him and others something to ponder.
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Note to Senator Stanley: there’s no time to lose - START BLAMING THE LIBERAL MEDIA FOR THIS. Have you lost your GOP Playbook?
You’ll find the chapter “Blaming the Media When a Scandal Arises” right after the one titled “Pretend To Be A Good Christian To Get Votes.”
Fortunately for you, many people will follow the principle of IOKIYAR (It’s OK If You’re a Republican) on your behalf, like Rep. Stacey Campfield has already done.
Someone got caught with his little greedy fingers in the proverbial cookie jar, eh? Do as I say and not as I do.