As the radical right offensively and incorrectly tries to paint LGBT people and pedophiles with the same brush, there are a handful of individuals who have more of a moral responsibility than others to challenge them.

I was unable to find any statement on the Log Cabin Republicans homepage about the gross mischaracterizations about what former Congressman Foley did. They don't even need to comment on Foley or his actions. All I'm asking for is for them to stand up to the radical right and say emphatically that the language being used now by some in the conservative movement is false, offensive and dangerous.

(To be "fair", the National Stonewall Democrats website doesn't make any mention of this either, but they do prominently display a photo of their co-chairs with DNC chair Howard Dean. There is definitely no picture of Ken Mehlman with the chair of the LCR. That said, I've seen no Democrat trying to equate sexual orientation with child abuse. This is really a moral obligation of the LCR.)

Also conspicuously silent is Congress' only out gay Republican, our very own Congressman Jim Kolbe. There is nothing on his website urging more civil dialogue. Like the LCR, he needn't get into the Foley scandal itself. But he is in a position and has the moral authority to dispel the myths so gleefully being hurled by the right at the LGBT community. His lack of leadership on this issue leads one to ask, why the silence Congressman?