So I learned yesterday from the Mahablog that Israel "Izzy" Hernandez, a longtime Rove aide who recently testified before Patrick Fitzgerald's grand jury, is gay.

In addition, Ken Mehlman, Rove's protege, is quite possibly gay.

And Robert Luskin, Rove's 55-year-old bachelor lawyer, recently invited an interviewer to his home and

answered the door of his Georgetown townhouse wearing a white shirt and pinstriped pants, held up by a beaded Native American-style belt. He had a shaved head and a gold hoop through his left earlobe.

Oddly, none of this seems to trouble Rick Santorum or James Dobson.