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It鈥檚 not often that I am genuinely shocked by comments by a member of Congress. Obviously whenever you have a geographically, politically (and in pretty much every other way) diverse group of 535 people, you鈥檒l occasionally hear some pretty wild/inspiring/disappointing/anger-inducing/etc. things. Still, I must confess to being shocked at reading to columnist Al Hunt on the prospect of having an openly gay or lesbian president.

DeMint considers such a prospect to be 鈥渋mmoral鈥� and even cringe-worthy! Amazingly enough, his comments don鈥檛 even end there. In discussing marriage equality, he goes on to tell Hunt: 鈥淕overnments should not be in the business of promoting a behavior that鈥檚 proven to be destructive to our society.鈥�

It鈥檚 not often that you hear such nakedly homophobic rubbish from our highest elected officials in the country. Additionally, coming on the heels of an election that upended previous conceptions of who we thought could become president, his comments are also behind the times.

In fact, you don鈥檛 even have to go back to 2008 to find an election that upended the previous conceptions of electability. This past weekend, Houston became 鈥� Annise Parker. You know what they say about messing with Texas Senator DeMint, so I鈥檇 tread lightly. Congrats to Mayor-elect Parker!

By the way, Annise and her partner have been together for nearly 20 years and are raising two children together.