Kirk Fordam, the openly gay former chief of staff of former Rep. Mark Foley, that is at the heart of the recent controvery, was also a former staff member of Senator James Inhofe (R), Oklahoma.
Lots of Oklahoma connections here.
See: http://michellemalkin.com/archives/006050.htm
Check out Google, "James Inhofe" and "Kirk Fordham":
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22James+Inhofe%22+and+%22Kirk+Fordham%22&btnG=Google+Search
See also this interesting tid-bit from 2004:
http://www.washblade.com/2004/7-9/news/localnews/outed.cfm
"Senator Inhofe does not hire openly gay staffers due to the possibility of a conflict of agenda,"? an official statement said.
. . .
Fordham, who is gay, headed up fund-raising efforts for Foley's aborted Senate campaign and is now the finance director for one of the remaining GOP primary candidates in that race: Mel Martinez, George W. Bush's former Housing & Urban Development secretary. Martinez has come out in favor of the Federal Marriage Amendment.
AMAZING! What a revelation!
And this is noteworty, why?
The Dems seem to love guilt by association- even when it's a stretch.