For all those who believe that Louisiana is behind the times, that we’re three–maybe four–steps behind every other state in the country, please note:

St. Bernard Parish Councilman Joey DiFatta, who on Thursday withdrew from the 1st Senate District campaign, has been stopped twice since 1996 for suspicion of engaging in lewd behavior in public restrooms in Jefferson Parish, records obtained by The Times-Picayune show.

– more at NOLA.com

That’s right, ladies and gentlemen: we’ve got ourselves a toe-tapping tearoom scandal just like the one on the evening news. There is, however, a difference between the two: unlike Senator Craig (who’d probably be very comfortable among the non-homosexuals of Iran), DiFatta plainly admits he likes to get down with the mens. In other words, the issue isn’t his penchant for knobgobbling, but rather DiFatta’s particular fetish:

DiFatta also said he has a problem with such behavior and had sought counseling for the addiction in the past, the report states.

Which is remarkable language for the Picayune to use, since…well, it’s the Picayune fer chrissakes! I don’t even think they’ll print the word “ass”, yet here they are, talking about public sex between men as an outgrowth of sexual addiction–which is awfully 70116 for such a 70118 newspaper.

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