From the department of irony…<\/p>\n
It turns out that Rep. Mark Souder (R-Ind.), who announced<\/a> today that he’ll be resigning over news of an affair with a part-time staffer, is also one of the loudest proponents<\/a> of family values on Capitol Hill. Here<\/a>, for example, is\u00a0the page on his (soon to be extinct) website where he vows his “fight to uphold the traditional values that undergird the strength of our nation.”<\/span><\/p>\n The family plays a fundamental role in our society. Studies consistently demonstrate that it is best for a child to have a mother and father, and I am committed to preserving traditional marriage, the union of one man and one woman.<\/p>\n The importance of Judeo-Christian values in America cannot be underestimated. Yet, in the public square, religion has been maligned by the courts to a point where children cannot pray in school and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit struck down the Pledge of Allegiance. I am committed to fighting the assault on American values.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Along those lines, Souder spearheaded<\/a> a 2006 report — “Abstinence and Its Critics<\/a>” — designed to counter arguments from liberal Democrats that abstinence education is an unrealistic approach to reducing teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease.<\/p>\n\n