By DHinMI

The last time we checked in on U.S. Congressman Cass Ballenger (R-N.C.), he was confessing his “Segregationist feelings.” So what’s he been up to these last few months? Apparently not spending enough time in marriage counseling:

U.S. Rep. Cass Ballenger blames the breakup of his 50-year marriage partly on the stress of living near a leading American Muslim advocacy group that he and his wife worried was so close to the U.S. Capitol that "they could blow the place up”…
...he told the newspaper that another stress on the marriage was the 1995 decision by "holier-than-thou Republicans" in the House to ban gifts from lobbyists. The meals and theater tickets from lobbyists once meant "a social life for (congressional) wives," Ballenger said.
Ballenger's wife also said the move by "do-goody Republicans" to restrict the money spent on members of Congress and their spouses had helped turn Washington into a less desirable place to live. "Just a dinner now and then" would do no harm, she said.

Here’s another theory for why they broke up: maybe they’re both jerks.