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Anti-Gay, Adulterous South Carolina GOP Gov. Sanford to Stay in Office

Mark Sanford will be allowed to stay in office. The disgraced South Carolina Republican anti-gay "family values" governor disappeared for almost a week while carrying on an extra-marital affair in Argentina. Legislators say the governor's dereliction of duties and missing in action ... doesn't quite rise to a "high crime".

South Carolina lawmakers on Wednesday quashed a move to oust Gov. Mark Sanford over his summertime tryst and his use of state aircraft, saying his embarrassing conduct was not serious enough to merit impeachment. Lawmakers were still considering whether to recommend an official reprimand. Six of the seven panel members said they believed the events surrounding Sanford's extramarital affair involving an Argentine woman did not rise to a high enough level to warrant his removal from office prior to the end of his second and final term in January 2011. "We can't impeach for hypocrisy. We can't impeach for arrogance. We can't impeach an officeholder for his lack of leadership skills," said Rep. James Harrison, the Columbia Republican who headed the panel.

The serial philandering Sanford is a vocal opponent of same-sex marriage and adoptions by gay couples. 

Sanford's impeachment would have presented the South Carolina Republican Party with a vexing public relations issue. Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer, who called for the resignation of the governor, has been outed as gay.

Mike Rogers: Anti-Gay SC Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer is Closeted and Gay

The South Carolina Lieutenant Governor with a lengthy anti-gay voting record and who has previously denied that he is gay is lying, according to Mike Rogers. The über-blogger and gay political gadfly, whose work outing closeted anti-gay politicians such as Larry Craig is prominently featured in the documentary Outrage, reports that South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer is closeted, has hit on several men, and, at least one man reports having sex with him.

The source and two former employees of Bauer served on his staff between 2004 and 2007. They reported to me that on a total of three occasions Bauer spent hours alone with men in hotel rooms. Each of them explained that the visits were with younger men who were not on the staff of the Lt. Governor nor had any official reason to be with him. The two men each confirmed that they had not known each other and each described similar circumstances under which these interactions occurred. One of them confirmed that he was told by the Lt. Governor's visitor he had a sexual encounter with Bauer.

The right wing Christian conservative bachelor has long been the subject of rumors. Openly gay South Carolina state legislator Linda Ketner outed him last May along with Sen. Lindsey Graham.

Bauer's outing leaves the South Carolina Republican Party with a vexing moral imperative. Bauer called for the resignation of the disgraced, anti-gay and serial philandering Gov. Mark Sanford—who flew down to Argentina for a tryst with his girlfriend.

Mike Rogers boasts a 100% track record in outing closeted anti-gay politicians. Rogers outed Sen. Larry Craig almost one year before his well-publicized arrest in the Minneapolis Airport men's room.