One from home: yet another Republican has been outed, this one from Washington state.

State Representative Richard Curtis says he’s not gay, but police reports and court records indicate the Republican lawmaker from southwestern Washington dressed up in women’s lingerie and met a Medical Lake man in a local erotic video store which led to consensual sex at a downtown hotel and a threat to expose Curtis’ activities publicly.

Curtis is notable for having voted against two LGBT bills.

And this isn’t the first time this has happened in dear old Eastern Washington. Anyone remember Mayor Jim West, who voted to bar gay people from teaching in schools or working in day care centres?

Republicans didn’t see it coming, not even with that mustache:

State Rep. Bob Sump, R-Republic, described Curtis as an intelligent man and an effective legislator and said he was “dumbfounded” by the reports.

“I’m sitting here in shock,” Sump said. “When we lose our moral compass, these are the things that can happen.”

Yes, without their moral compass, people can become self-hating hypocrites. Sad.

Check out this ham-handed dodge from State Rep. John Ahern, R-Spokane:

Candidates of either party who espouse family values on the campaign trail then indulge in illicit sex are hypocrites.

Of either party? How many closeted Democrats can you think of? Are there any? The false equivalence, it burns.

I decided months ago that whenever I heard someone espousing ‘family values’ or speaking against homosexuality, I’d just ask them how long they’d been gay. But, as always, Tom the Dancing Bug has beaten me to it.

Who will it be next week?