Yep, you read it right. Seems like members of the Family Research Council, that bastion of "Christian purity" and "family values" knew Mark Foley had a habit of chasing after young boys.
And not one of them said a word until after the scandal broke.
Here's
an excerpt from an October 3 interview Tony Perkins, president of the FRC, did with Chris Matthews of Hardball:
MATTHEWS: Do you think the leadership of the House should have acted when they saw that Mark Foley was spending an inordinate amount of time hanging around pages, just seemingly too interested in them? Is that enough for action?
PERKINS: Yes, I think there is, because in talking to some pages, you know--I`ve had people now on staff that used to be pages, and it was widely known to watch out for him, that he liked boys. And the question--and this question I asked ...
This just goes to show what a bunch of hypocrites the leadership of the FRC really are. Power and money are more important than protecting children from predators.
I wonder what Jesus would have to say?
Even more disgustingly, Perkins spent much of the rest of the interview bashing gays. Never mind the fact that by keeping their mouths shut, they were protecting a pedophile.
I've commented on this in a couple of different places today, but this galls me so much I had to post a diary on the subject--more people need to take note of this.
TH