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Of all the conservative reactions we might see to former Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman coming out as gay, you're not likely to see anything half as vindictive, though predictable in its way, as that of Tony Perkins of the "Family Research Council".  Tony has just discovered the reason for GOP losses in 2008 and in the previous 2004 midterm elections.

It was the gays. Those sneaky gays. They engineered it all. Tony explains:

"First, I am saddened by this announcement. I'm saddened because I know Ken and care about him as a person. Homosexuality not only has negative implications for society, it also has profound, well-documented negative physical and mental health consequences for those who engage in homosexual conduct as well.

"This unfortunate confirmation helps explain the scandalous failure of many in the Republican establishment to vigorously uphold the values and policy positions expressed in the party's platform in 2004 and 2008, particularly the need to protect the definition of marriage as the union of a man and a woman nationwide. While grassroots activists succeeded in passing marriage amendments in dozens of states across the country, they received little support and even outright resistance from Party officials at the national level, which contributed to the GOP's electoral failures in 2006 and 2008. Now we know one of the major reasons why."

Tony added as a postscript that "When the news about Mehlman hit the wires this morning, FRC's two Kens--Blackwell and Klukowski--tackled the tough road ahead for the Republican Party in a brand new column. "If Republicans flinch on marriage," they write," America could have eight years of President Obama."

You can check it out their first anti-marriage equality op-ed on FOX.  Fair and Balanced.