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Tennessee GOP state Sen. Paul Stanley has resigned over his adultery and blackmail scandal. “Due to recent events, I have decided to focus my full attention on my family and resign my Senate seat effective August 10,” Republican Sen. Paul Stanley wrote in his resignation letter. Court records show that Stanley, 47, told agents investigating a blackmail case that he …

The Nashville Scene has gotten some of the delicious details into the scandal surrounding Tennesee state Sen. Paul “No Queer Adoptions” Stanley. According to court documents, here’s what happened: Stanley, who is married with two children, was accused of having an affair with a 22-year-old legislative intern, McKensie Morrison, by the woman’s boyfriend. The boyfriend, Joel Palmer Watts. 28, discovered …

Tennessee GOP state Sen. Paul Stanley, the architect of that state’s failed ban on gay adoption, went to the authorities to complain that the husband of his mistress was blackmailing him. Boo hoo. Stanley was cheating with a subordinate half his age. “Unfortunately, I am the victim and a witness to a crime in an ongoing investigation. At this time, …