Congressman Foley is gone, but the problem remains

Florida Congressman Foley resigned today, after it became public that he had sent inappropriate emails to a 16-year-old Congressional page. There have been rumors about Foley's sexual orientation for some time, and perhaps it is now clear that he is gay, or at least bisexual.

Unfortunately, much of the criticism that will be railed against Foley will be because he is gay, not because he made inappropriate advances to a minor, and to an intern, no less. For Foley to send personal emails to a 16-year-old is a big problem, whether that 16-year-old is a boy or a girl. But if Foley had left the intern alone and had been seen in a bar with a 25-year-old man, he would still have to resign because of this culture's rabid fear of anything homosexual.

I am glad that Foley has to pay the consequences for doing something he should not have done, but I am sorry that his sexual orientation will be looked at as the problem.