Dear bornacatholic,
My understanding is that the e-mails were ambiguous, it's the IMs that really put Mr. Foley under. And I understand that Speaker Hastert only saw the e-mails initially.
In that it is no longer considered acceptable in our society to "discriminate" against folks because they are homosexual, Mr. Hastert may have been wary to be seen "persecuting" a "gay" Republican.
The problem is that the hypocrisy of this situation stretches well out of the confines of the US House of Representatives, and implicates the wider society.
sitetest
yer right, as usual