This is rich. I love stories like this. It’s such a big news week that this probably doesn’t even merit a post, but I just couldn’t help myself. It’s too funny.
Who is George Alan Rekers? This charming chap to the left. He’s a co-founder of the Family Research Council, a group that I, as a social libertarian, particularly despise for trying to shove their values down everyone’s throats any chance they get.
This is rich. I love stories like this. It’s such a big news week that this probably doesn’t even merit a post, but I just couldn’t help myself. It’s too funny.
Who is George Alan Rekers? This charming chap to the left. He’s a co-founder of the Family Research Council, a group that I, as a social libertarian, particularly despise for trying to shove their values down everyone’s throats any chance they get.
One of the more well known tenets of the FRC is their strong opposition to homosexual marriage. Another is their belief that gays shouldn’t be allowed to adopt. Mr. Rekers has actually been called as an expert witness in several cases on that subject, always arguing against homosexual adoption because "homosexuality is a sin".
So of course a man of Mr. Rekers’ convictions wouldn’t be caught dead traveling Europe for ten days with a 20 year old male escort he met off of a website called Rentboy.com (NSFW). Oh wait. That’s exactly what he’d do. From The Washington Post:
"George Alan Rekers, a prominent anti-gay activist and cofounder of the conservative Family Research Council, recently returned from a 10-day trip to Europe with a male escort who advertises on a Web site called Rentboy.com, according to a May Miami New Times article."
His excuse is just as good. He claims he "recently had surgery and needed someone to carry his luggage." Right. I definitely know the first place I would go when looking for assistance would be a website with a shirtless guy that requires you to verify you’re of legal age to enter.
Rekers also said he only learned his "assistant" was a prostitute halfway through the trip, and once he did he "shared with him the Gospel of Jesus Christ in great detail."
I mean come on. He might as well have just said he had a wide stance. I could care less what people do in their private lives. I wouldn’t even be posting this if not for the INCREDIBLE FREAKING HYPOCRISY of a scumbag like this guy. He deserves to be shamed in every possible way. Do your part and show a friend. And just remember that next time you hear Tony Perkins or James Dobson or the rest of their ilk lecturing us all about morals, well, they might just be running around Europe with gay male prostitutes.
Publius
P.S. Oh yeah, and here’s a picture of Rekers and his "assistant". Looks like he’s really doing a lot to help with the luggage, huh?