This is so typical for the Theocon wing of the GOP.
An antigay psychologist’s recent trip to Europe with a gay male escort from Miami has captivated readers and viewers around the world.
Salacious stories have been published from South Florida to New Zealand, and it has been the butt of jokes by Jay Leno, Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart.
And on Friday, the young escort at the center of the scandal spoke with CNN correspondent Randi Kaye for Anderson Cooper’s prime-time show.
Jo-vanni Roman — a k a Geo and Lucien — told Kaye that psychologist George A. Rekers, an officer of the conservative National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) and a retired University of South Carolina professor, paid him $75 a day plus expenses to travel with him for two weeks in April to London and Madrid.
Included for the money: Roman, 20, would give nude "sexual" massages to Rekers, 61, every day during their trip, the younger man told Kaye.
Gay activists and bloggers have pounced on the story: Rekers, a well-known antigay activist, recently was paid more than $120,000 by Florida to testify in defense of the state’s gay-adoption ban.
Earlier this week, Rekers acknowledged traveling with Roman but denied having sex with him. The professor said he hired Roman to carry his luggage during their trip… [emphasis added]
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Frankly, I don’t care if Rekers is gay. That’s his own business, except for one thing. He is making it his life’s mission to destroy the lives of others who engage in the same behavior he does, because of their sexual orientation. Were he to come clean, admit that he is gay, and apologize to the LGBT community for focusing his own self-hatred on them, I would praise him for turning away from GOP hypocrisy. Rachel Maddow has an excellent perspective on this.
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Every time one of these assholes outs themselves, I giggle just a bit. I’m since waiting for a response from Lindsay Poo after the Repubs went after him. I hope he told them to stuff it.
If I remember correctly, Lindsay is not one of the fire-breathing “family values” hate mongers. If he’s gay, more power to him. Maybe he can bone Boehner. 😉
Heh heh, I’m surprised some enterprising cybersquatter hasn’t nabbed that available link.
I haven’t checked it since midnight. I wqas tempted, but just don’t have the time.
again – these guys are getting too predictable. rekers is not just a hypocrite – he has spent his life destroying others – and that makes him evil and a criminal.
call me unforgiving
i hope his whole life is ruined – no amount of mea culpas or apologies can rehabilitate him — he has done too much damage
and i love how this story is unfolding – it just gets worse for him
DC, I guess I have enough mistakes in my own past that I appreciate the need for allowing people an opportunity to change.