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May. 6th, 2010 08:34 pmI...you know that does it, from now on whenever I see some asshole "Christian" leader out there campaigning against gay rights I'm just going to assume he's a self-loathing homosexual and be done with it:
Christian right leader George Rekers takes vacation with "rent boy"
On April 13, the “rent boy” (whom we’ll call Lucien) arrived at Miami International Airport on Iberian Airlines Flight 6123, after a ten-day, fully subsidized trip to Europe. He was soon followed out of customs by an old man with an atavistic mustache and a desperate blond comb-over, pushing an overburdened baggage cart.
That man was George Alan Rekers, of North Miami — the callboy’s client and, as it happens, one of America’s most prominent anti-gay activists. Rekers, a Baptist minister who is a leading scholar for the Christian right, left the terminal with his gay escort, looking a bit discomfited when a picture of the two was snapped with a hot-pink digital camera.
Reached by New Times before a trip to Bermuda, Rekers said he learned Lucien was a prostitute only midway through their vacation. “I had surgery,” Rekers said, “and I can’t lift luggage. That’s why I hired him.” (Medical problems didn’t stop him from pushing the tottering baggage cart through MIA.)
Though you'd think after the sheer number of GOP/Christian gay sex scandals over the year he'd at least have come up with something more convincing than, "I hired a male prostitute to carry my luggage." I mean jeez, he spent how many years working with James Dobson over at the Family Research Council? Surely the topic came up at some point, maybe when they were helping ban gay adoption in Florida or while writing his magnum opus Growing Up Straight: What Families Should Know About Homosexuality.
And I can't believe I'm saying this, but I kind of like this Dan Savage idea:
I propose that “whatever floats your boat” be immediately retired in favor of “whatever lifts your luggage.”
Christian right leader George Rekers takes vacation with "rent boy"
On April 13, the “rent boy” (whom we’ll call Lucien) arrived at Miami International Airport on Iberian Airlines Flight 6123, after a ten-day, fully subsidized trip to Europe. He was soon followed out of customs by an old man with an atavistic mustache and a desperate blond comb-over, pushing an overburdened baggage cart.
That man was George Alan Rekers, of North Miami — the callboy’s client and, as it happens, one of America’s most prominent anti-gay activists. Rekers, a Baptist minister who is a leading scholar for the Christian right, left the terminal with his gay escort, looking a bit discomfited when a picture of the two was snapped with a hot-pink digital camera.
Reached by New Times before a trip to Bermuda, Rekers said he learned Lucien was a prostitute only midway through their vacation. “I had surgery,” Rekers said, “and I can’t lift luggage. That’s why I hired him.” (Medical problems didn’t stop him from pushing the tottering baggage cart through MIA.)
Though you'd think after the sheer number of GOP/Christian gay sex scandals over the year he'd at least have come up with something more convincing than, "I hired a male prostitute to carry my luggage." I mean jeez, he spent how many years working with James Dobson over at the Family Research Council? Surely the topic came up at some point, maybe when they were helping ban gay adoption in Florida or while writing his magnum opus Growing Up Straight: What Families Should Know About Homosexuality.
And I can't believe I'm saying this, but I kind of like this Dan Savage idea:
I propose that “whatever floats your boat” be immediately retired in favor of “whatever lifts your luggage.”
