Sen. Orrin Hatch sure knows how to throw a gal confab! He has invited '80s pop teen icon Debbie Gibson to speak at his annual Utah Women's Conference.

Pop music coaster Gibson posed nude in Playboy in 2005. She also regularly headlines gay pride parades. Orrin says he knew nothing about those activities, he simply hired her to jump out of a cake and discuss her struggles with anxiety disorder.

Hmmm. How did the Deseret News' Lee Davidson so quickly make the link between Gibson the motivational speaker and Gibson the nude (Orrin would say porn) icon? Just good investigative journalism, I suppose.