Hypocrisy in Orange County

Michael D. Duvall, a state lawmaker from Orange County, CA, has resigned following revelations that he, a staunchly conservative lawmaker, married man, and purported defender of 'family values,' had engaged in sexual acts with two women lobbyists in Sacramento. The revelations came from a tape (clips of which are included in the report below) showing the state assemblyman boasting about his affairs with the women in question, and being recorded unawares.

The issue of extramarital affairs, in my opinion, should never make it on the news. It is a private issue that concerns nobody out of the circle of the individuals involved. In the case of Duvall, as in the case of Sanford, Ensign, Vitter or any other preachy holier-than-thou philanderer, however, these affairs should be made as public as possible, and the lawmakers or state executives perpetuating those actions after having preached 'family values' should be held under the harsh light of public scrutiny, discredited, and exposed for the hypocrites that they truly are.