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Best Story Ever: Anti-Gay Leader Caught With Male Prostitute Pleads Ignorance...

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  1. Major

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    http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsme...caught_with_gay_prostitute_pleads.php?ref=fpa

    Anti-Gay Leader Caught With Male Prostitute Pleads Ignorance, Then Altruism


    When George Alan Rekers, a cofounder along with James Dobson of the Family Research Council and a leader in the ex-gay movement, was caught walking off a plane from Europe with a young male prostitute, he first insisted that he didn't know the young man was an escort until halfway through their 10-day vacation.

    "I had surgery," Rekers told the Miami New Times, which broke the story yesterday, "and I can't lift luggage. That's why I hired him."

    Rekers had hired the escort, dubbed "Lucien" by the New Times, through the website RentBoy.com (NSFW), a popular site that hosts ads for gay male escorts. There's little mistaking what the site is for.

    The site's users first encounter a disclaimer that the may encounter "content and materials that are of a graphic and/or sexual nature," and must agree to terms and conditions before entering. The homepage is predominantly photos of naked men. To search for an escort, or "find boys," one can even select a specialty: "rentboy," "sugardaddy" or "masseur."

    "I do not believe that there is any way a person could be mistaken about what they are hiring when they find a listing on our website," a spokesman for RentBoy tells TPM in an email. "I think it is clear from our ad campaigns in gay publications and our website itself that we are targeting a gay audience -- gay men seeking men for hire."

    Rekers has long advocated for protecting children from "harmful" homosexual influences. He sits on a committee of the American College of Pediatricians, which believes "children exposed to the homosexual lifestyle may be at increased risk for emotional, mental, and even physical harm." He's a board member of the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality.

    He has also been paid tens of thousands of dollars by the states of Florida and Arkansas for testimony defending their bans against gay couples adopting children. The judges in both cases found that Rekers' testimony less than credible.

    So it was surprising when Rekers admitted to traveling with a gay prostitute. When first confronted with a photo of the two together after returning from a trip in April, Rekers said he simply didn't know what "Lucien" had really been advertising until halfway through their trip. Both men told the New Times that they didn't have sex.

    But he later told another blogger that he was simply trying to save his friend by "lovingly" sharing the message of Jesus, as he had done with other "sexual sinners."

    "I have spent much time as a mental health professional and as a Christian minister helping and lovingly caring for people identifying themselves as 'gay.' My hero is Jesus Christ who loves even the culturally despised people, including sexual sinners and prostitutes," Rekers wrote in a Facebook message to Joe Jervis.

    Contrary to false gossip, innuendo, and slander about me, I do not in any way "hate" homosexuals, but I seek to lovingly share two types of messages to them, as I did with the young man called "Lucien" in the news story: [1] It is possible to cease homosexual practices to avoid the unacceptable health risks associated with that behavior, and [2] the most important decision one can make is to establish a relationship with God for all eternity by trusting in Jesus Christ's sacrifice on the cross for the forgiveness of your sins, including homosexual sins.

    The FRC said it would have a statement out later today.
     
  2. da_juice

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    Completw bull****, no ****ing way in hell was eh simply trying to spread his skewed view of Jesus' message. The guy probably hates homosxuals because he most likely was taught by his parents that gays were bad and him having to hide his gay self, caused him to hate all gays. Tragic, really.
     
  3. rhadamanthus

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    I really, truly despise this type of person - the incredibly damaging hypocrite.

    Go f yourself, Rekers.
     
  4. DonnyMost

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    Reminds me of those Southwest Airlines commercials... anti-gay movement leader caught with a male hooker... Wanna Get Away?
     
  5. Ottomaton

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    The best bit is from the original Miami New Times story:

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    In his interview with New Times, Lucien didn't want to impugn his client, but he made it clear they met through Rentboy.com, which is the only website on which he advertises his services. Neither Google nor any other search engine picks up individual Rentboy.com profiles, any more than they pick up individual profiles on eHarmony or Match.com. You cannot just happen upon one.

    To arrive at Lucien's site, Rekers must have accepted Rentboy.com's terms of use, thereby acknowledging he was not offended by graphic sexual material. He then would have been transported to a front page covered with images of naked, tumescent men busily sodomizing each other.

    Then Rekers must have performed a search. Did he want a "rentboy," a "sugar daddy," or a "masseur"? In what country? And what city? If Rekers searched for a rent boy in Miami, he would have found approximately 80 likely candidates. He must have scrolled down the first page, past the shirtless bears and desperate ex-models, and on to page 2. There, at last, was Lucien.

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  6. rocketsjudoka

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    I ironic as this story is there is probably a lot of tragedy behind it. I just posted a thread about Chely Wright, the country singer who recently came out, and the stress on her of trying to lead a double life denying that she was a lesbian almost drove her to suicide.

    As much as a flaming hypocrite Rekers is the one he is probably most hurting is himself.
     
  7. vlaurelio

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    [rquoter]He must have scrolled down the first page, past the shirtless bears and desperate ex-models, and on to page 2. There, at last, was Lucien.
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    I wonder what was the sort criteria
     
  8. vlaurelio

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    haven't read your thread but was Chely Wright an anti-lesbian organizer/leader?
     
  9. rocketsjudoka

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    No she wasn't but she said that she struggled with hiding being gay while being a star in the conservative country music establishment. So while she wasn't leading a crusade against gays she felt like she had to perpetuate the idea of homosexuality being wrong and even prayed that she wouldn't be gay.
     
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    a couple of months ago i saw an HBO documentary on politicians who supported any and all anti-gay policies. while in office, they voted nay to all issues that supported gays. then later in their careers, they were caught sleeping with other men. all the anti-gay sentiment was just a front to advance their careers.
     
  11. vlaurelio

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    but this guy was actively persecuting gays while physically enjoying his gay lifestyle
     
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    Really?
     
  13. ChievousFTFace

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    Bend over and pick up that luggage young man!
     
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    [rquoter]...a front page covered with images of naked, tumescent men busily sodomizing each other.[/rquoter]

    What a great word!
     
  15. Rashmon

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    I bet that male prostitute spent a lot of time on his knees... praying with Mr. Rekers.
     
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    how sweet the fellowship...
     
  17. ima_drummer2k

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    It's just like the people who whine about how a couple of gays wanting to get married is going to "destroy the sanctity of marriage"; meanwhile half of people who cry the loudest are the ones who cheat on their spouses and get divorced.

    Tell me which adversely affects the sanctity of marriage the most:

    2 people wanting to get married?

    or

    2 people getting divorced?
     
  18. pirc1

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    Wasn't drummer2k a pretty conservative poster before? Is my memory playing tricks on me again?
     
  19. ROXRAN

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    Excellent point...The examples of hypocrisy goes on. There are trailer trash people in their 20's getting married after 2 weeks of being together, and cheating in no time flat. We see it all the time...
     
  20. Mathloom

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    Does this stuff seem to occur far too frequently now (statistically speaking)?

    I cheer everytime they get caught, but am starting to wonder about these occurences..

    One thing for sure is that some are not really anti-gay other than as a front to advance their political careers. Which is a horredous thing, but again, does not explain the frequency.

    Another possible explanation may be that the media detonates every story like this one, even if in reality they are less than 1% of the total.


    Thoughts?
     

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