One of America's Most Prominent Anti-Gay Activists Found Vacationing With A Male Prostitute

[Emit]

Anti-Gay Christian NARTH Leader And Gay Adoption Opponent George Rekers Found Vacationing With A Male Prostitute

Happy Happy Joy Joy! Notorious NARTH member and vigorous gay adoption opponent Dr. George Rekers was caught by the Miami New Times as he returned from a ten-day vacation with a young male prostitute that he hired on Rentboy.com.

~snip~

UPDATE: I've just put a call in to the Family Research Council to see if Tony Perkins has anything to say about their co-founder. I'm not holding my breath, but it was a fun call to make.

UPDATE II: I have revealed the identity of the male hooker.

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2010/05/anti-gay-christian-narth-leader-and-gay.html


From the Miami New Times article:

Christian right leader George Rekers takes vacation with "rent boy"

The pictures on the Rentboy.com profile show a shirtless young man with delicate features, guileless eyes, and sun-kissed, hairless skin. The profile touts his "smooth, sweet, tight ass" and "perfectly built 8 inch ...

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...

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...

~snip~

For decades, George Alan Rekers has been a general in the culture wars, though his work has often been behind the scenes. In 1983, he and James Dobson, America's best-known homophobe, formed the Family Research Council, a D.C.-based, rabidly Christian, and vehemently anti-gay lobbying group that has become a standard-bearer of the nation's extreme right wing. Its annual Values Summit is considered a litmus test for Republican presidential hopefuls, and Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter have spoken there. (The Family Research Council would not comment about Rekers's Euro-trip.)

Rekers is a board member of the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH), an organization that systematically attempts to turn gay people straight. ...

~snip~

... much of Rekers's activism over the past three decades — beginning with his 1983 book, Shaping Your Child's Sexual Identity — has been devoted to improving children's lives by educating them, protecting them from their own budding sexualities, and keeping them safe from gay adoptions — as he did by testifying as an expert witness in favor of gay adoption bans in both Arkansas and Florida.

Well, it's a good thing Rekers isn't gay himself. Lucien tells us that Rekers frequently takes in foster children and that four years ago he adopted a 16-year-old boy. We found the boy, who is now Lucien's age, on Facebook. He declined to be interviewed.

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2010-05-06/news/christian-right-leader-george-rekers-takes-vacation-with-rent-boy/1

[Locut0s]

1. SURPRISED.... I am not. nt

[Initech]

13. Guess we could file this under "takes one to know one"?

:shrug:

[stevenleser]

73. It's raining Rentboys Hallelujah! Its...

sorry, couldn't resist. LMAO

[fascisthunter]

2. what a head case

get help so you don't screw those homosexuals who are willing to live their lives out in the open, and not hide behind bullshit like a sniveling jealous coward.

[I Have A Dream]

62. You described the situation perfectly, fascisthunter.

:thumbsup:

[greencharlie]

3. lmfao... squirm bastard, squirm. nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

21. +20

[napi21]

4. I LOVE IT when one of these hypocrits gets exposed! It confirms my belief that those who complain

the loudest are usually guilty of the same thing they protesting against!

[Dr Morbius]

5. I never thought about it, I admit, but I am kind of shocked...

...that there literally is a site called "rentboy.com".
:wtf:
How 'bout those internets, huh?

[FreeState]

20. There is a rentgirl too m/t

[Raksha]

40. Yeah, I was shocked by that "rentboy.com" thing too.

But then I guess my sheltered cyber-life is my own choice. I almost never even look at the personals ads on Craigslist, gay or straight. I just don't want 'em phishing and data-mining--I get enough spam as it is!

[political_Dem]

6. I'm not surprised.

A lot less damage to this society would have happened if he just faced up to his feelings.

It is a pity that he had to join such an organization to keep from embracing his true self.

[grantcart]

7. clearly all he was there for was to help with his bags, tea bags

BTW what is a 'vanilla' fetish?

[grantcart]

8. clearly all he was there for was to help with his bags

tea bags.

BTW what is a 'vanilla' fetish?

[dixiegrrrrl]

53. check out the Urban Dictionary online for the answer.

[Touchdown]

82. Vanilla=

The basic missionary sex your parents had. Nothing freaky, like.... in the living room.

[Contrary1]

9. He goes on vacation with someone he just happened to find on Rentboy.com:

"...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."

At least Rekers came up with a novel explanation.

:rofl:

[Mojambo]

11. I'm sure his "smooth tight ass" was very helpful in the carrying of luggage.

This story is AWESOME.

[Arkana]

68. Ahahahaha.

The fact that they think the press is really that naive is hilarious.

"What? I didn't know it was crystal meth! I thought it was delicious rock candy!"

[Mojambo]

10. ROTFLMAO

The best part is when he says he only found out he was a prostitute half way through the vacation.

[glinda]

16. bwahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[susanr516]

31. I second your emotion

bwahahahahaha!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[tooltex2]

19. I would love to know who was doing what to whom when this revelation surfaced...

:rofl: :D

edit...and I want video


heh

[Javaman]

43. Yeah, during the first half!! LOLOLOLOLOL

:rofl:

[Born_A_Truman]

63. Was that payday?

Please!

[Dappleganger]

12. If it walks like a duck...nt

[Chulanowa]

34. I'd be walking like a duck, too n/t

[blogslut]

14. I love this story!

Schadenfreude is fabulous!

[xchrom]

15. Recommend -- there at least two posts here that leave me

Uncomfortable -- one I find suspect the other I find unbelievable in it's
naïveté.

Revelations of this sort always seem to bring something
out in DU.

[sarcasmo]

17. Kick back to the top, thanks religious hypocrisy at it's finest.

[opihimoimoi]

18. Iz the dude gonna resign...or use the denial crad?...what is th is? more cases of male whores?

Thw GOP been busy lately......

[Tsiyu]

22. It breaks my heart the damage

this man did, just because he was afraid of honestly looking at himself.

He viewed everyone else through the same hate-filled eyes he set on himself.

Scumbag. Murderer of souls. Liar. Scoundrel. Cruel criminal.

Sums it up for me. :grr:

[Ian David]

23. See also: chrisTian right leader George Rekers takes vacation with "rent boy"

chrisTian right leader George Rekers takes vacation with "rent boy"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4367951

[Touchdown]

65. That site is so inocent looking! Rentboy could mean anything!

:rofl:

Yeah, that's the site most people go to when they need a boy to move furniture, mow lawns, shovel snow or carry luggage.:rofl:

[LuckyLib]

74. The "moran guy" is on the website! Ha! They all congregate together!

[Ian David]

85. I put the Moran Guy there to cover-up the naked penises. n/t

[LuckyLib]

86. OK -- color me totally clueless! LOL!

[Buns_of_Fire]

24. This is good, but I was SO hoping it'd be Phred Phelps.

Maybe next time. There's ALWAYS a next time. The wheels grind slow, but they grind EXCEEDINGLY fine...

[Blue-Jay]

30. Don't worry. Something will catch up with Phelps.

[Union Yes]

25. Teabaggage. knr nt

[BlancheSplanchnik]

26. sure wish this would get the kind of coverage they give to non-christo-fascist

Democrats when they get caught going over the line.

Anyway, of course, that won't happen--publicity is only for Dems the corporate masters want to take down.

meanwhile, HAAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, REEKers, you stinking hypocrite.

And he certainly does REEK.

[CanonRay]

27. Now the Christian Fundamentalists can "cure' him

[Echo In Light]

35. "Don't move, Devious!..."

lol

[Stevenmarc]

28. Well that's one way to deal with your personal baggage, hire a hustler

[Blue Owl]

29. Could it be any easier to read between the lines?

The degree of hypocrisy is just stunning by these homophobic zealot freaks.

And people are actually comfortable with this fraud "shaping" children's sexual identity?

[lunasun]

32. Why isn't this out in the news today

seriously , all those gossip shows on TV etc. Rags & radio hosts where are you? Not even the funny jocks ....
At first I thought it was An Onion story so weird :rofl:

[NightOwwl]

39. Agreed.

Where are the headlines? Only a few links on Google News and most of those are links to blogs. This should be much bigger.

[mojowork_n]

76. Exactly -------> What's the whole backstory?

If it was from The Onion, you'd chuckle, maybe, and go to the next page.

But this is The-Onion-Becomes-Real-Life. A real, honest to God, total
knee-slapper/laugh-riot.

So I would have expected much more. The only conclusion one can draw is
that there might be a connection between the people funding the anti-gay
front group/agit-prop/P.R., and the Masters of the Universe who control the
world's press.

They don't want to embarrass themselves, or undermine from many other
accounts, what another big account is funding.

...Their silence betrays their agenda. Divide and control?

[mojowork_n]

78. OK, here's a clue -------> Mindworks Global Media, inc.

I'd love to hear what the connection is between these two news stories, the
anti-gay activist busted with a male hooker, and the whole TERROR THREAT
straight out of Orwell ("We're at war with Oceania, when we're not at war
with Eurasia") big pile of dog poop:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8279593

“U.S. Agents Bordered the Plane” ABC News: Outsourcing Journalism Jobs

That's McCamy Taylor's post about another news story that made headlines, recently.

...Obviously, people reading D.U. are coming here for news they can't find in
their local newspapers.

Can we -- collectively -- all of us, everybody in his/her own way -- start to
work on figuring out some of the small details that might expose the larger
agenda of the Global Overlords?

[SidDithers]

33. He was just trying to cure poor Geo of teh gay...

and what better place to do that than Bermuda?

Sid

[lpbk2713]

36. LMAO here.

[Stevenmarc]

37. He crossed over from Fundamentalism to Teabagging

[Kolesar]

58. And literally so! ... eom

[upi402]

38. Conservatives are so phony

These folks are the most twisted freaks of all!

[JackDragna]

41. Attention gay people..

...be on the lookout for sanctimonious, finger-wagging conservatives who scream about your "alternative lifestyle." They're probably going to try to buy you dinner when no one's looking.

[Oilwellian]

42. ROFL...posted on the good reverend's website

***MISLEADING INTERNET REPORTS ABOUT PROFESSOR GEORGE REKERS***

A recent article in an alternative newspaper cleverly gave false impressions of inappropriate behavior because of its misleading innuendo, incorrectly implying that Professor George Rekers used the Rentboy website to hire a prostitute to accompany him on a recent trip. Contrary to Internet stories based on this slanderous article, following medical advice Professor George Rekers requires an assistant to lift his luggage in his travels because of an ongoing condition following surgery. His family, local friends, and even another university professor colleague have offered to accompany him on trips to lift luggage. Professor Rekers was not involved in any illegal or sexual behavior with his travel assistant.
http://www.professorgeorge.com/ProfessorGeorge.com/Welcome_to_ProfessorGeorge.com.html

He can't lift his own bags so he has to rent someone to travel with him and do it for him. :rofl:

[Stevenmarc]

45. Yes he appears to have quite a bit of baggage

[complain jane]

46. So wait

all these people he knew supposedly offered to help him "lift his luggage" on vacation yet for some reason he decided it was a good idea to shell out some money for a handsome young male prostitute to "lift his luggage" instead. :wtf:

[TroglodyteScholar]

60. Yea, what's the problem?

The explanation makes PERFECT sense! :crazy:

[lpbk2713]

48. OxyRush denies what he actually says and does all the time.

So evidently they have something in common. :eyes:


Does the Rev ever visit the Dominican Republic also? :rofl:

[dixiegrrrrl]

52. Why did he not take along all those eager to help family friends, then?

[DesertRat]

72. I can't lift heavy luggage either...

so I bought luggage ON WHEELS, like everybody else. Travelers who tip never find it necessary to handle their own luggage, let alone have to hire someone to go with them!

This is the lamest excuse I've heard in a long time!!

[complain jane]

80. The scariest part

is that I'm betting these nitwits are just the tip of the iceberg stupid enough to get caught in their hypocrisy.

[Touchdown]

83. That was posted? Amazing that his book wasn't.

I'm thinking it's a Lumberjack Daddy Story. See how wholesome and platonic they are with his leg stretched wide to allow easy access to the boy's spiritual curiosity?

:evilgrin:

[Hubert Flottz]

44. The Rev. was no doubt trying to save the lad.

For the next vacation...

[sonias]

47. Quelle surprise!

Not! :eyes:

Why do they hate themselves? And George Rekers is a baptist minister too! Liar, lair pants on fire!

[joeybee12]

49. This is like the 10th thread on this...I've rec'ed them all!!!!

[wolfgangmo]

50. This is what happens when a pedophile goes underground.

I just want to be clear on this. This is not about being gay. This is about being a creep.

This assmunch wasn't happy with just molesting children. No. He had to also inflict himself into the process whereby homosexual couples would adopt children. One must assume that his reasons for doing so would be that he would have fewer kids to pick from.


Grrrrrrrrrr. I just wanna hit something.

[Touchdown]

67. Actually this isn't really a pedo thing

Not saying he wouldn't be creepy enough to do that, but this rent boy was 20 years old, so the pedo accusation doesn't apply in this case.

But... He's certainly more hypocritical because of his "Pray the gay away" ministry progrom by doing his thing in Europe while he can wag his finger at the rest of us.

[EFerrari]

51. I haven't posted to this thread because these stories always flabbergast me

even if they are so common and they render me speechless (which may not be a bad thing, lol).

:wtf:

[bobbolink]

54. George Rekers, meet Ted Haggard...HAVE FUN!

:evilgrin:

[LeftinOH]

55. After the initial (and understandable) scoffing & schadenfreude, this 'revelation' isn't that funny

-it's infuriating. Rekers needs to be raked over the coals -in public- for his hypocrisy. As do any & all of his allies and enablers in the anti-gay 'movment'. The term EPIC FAIL doesn't even do it justice.

[LynneSin]

56. Awww we're just being mean - his back hurt

:rofl:

[Lucky Luciano]

57. LOL. Always funny these fools! nt

[RagAss]

59. This is more predictable than a sunrise.

[sellitman]

61. It sad ANYONE is anti-gay.

Let alone another Republican hypocite.

[Politicub]

64. These guys are filled with so much self loathing, greed,

or both.

This is starting to happen so often that it's not even a surprise anymore.

[sulphurdunn]

66. Deja vu all over again

:pals:

[bc3000]

69. Heterosexual anti-gay activists are extremely rare

There may be plenty of heterosexuals who are prejudiced and don't treat homosexuals with respect and dignity, but I find it hard to believe many straight people really care enough to be activist about it. I believe the activist element is triggered by self loathing. But if heterosexuals were more proactive about guaranteeing equal treatment of homosexuals then maybe there wouldn't be so many self-hating homosexuals out there so I'm not saying heterosexuals are without blame.

[WillyT]

70. Hee, Heeeeeee !!! - K & R !!!

:rofl:

:evilgrin:

:kick:

[Shallah Kali]

71. fl's AG Paid George 'Rentboy' Rekers $87,000 to Be Star Witness for State's Gay Adoption Ban

http://www.towleroad.com/2010/05/florida-ag-bill-mccollum-paid-george-rentboy-rekers-87000-to-be-star-witness-for-states-adoption-ban.html

Florida AG Bill McCollum Paid George 'Rentboy' Rekers $87,000 to Be Star Witness for State's Gay Adoption Ban

Florida taxpayer dollars were used to compensate George Alan Rekers, the "ex-gay" activist caught recently returning from vacation with a hustler from Rentboy.com, to defend the state's ban on gay adoption.

Rekers While the ACLU defended Frank 'Martin' Gill and his sons, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum paid Rekers and his colleague Walter Schum close to $100K to spread their falsehoods in order to keep children away from the loving care of gay parents.

They were the only witnesses the state called.

Equality Florida:

"Rekers was one of only two witnesses Attorney General Bill McCollum called in an effort to reverse a Miami judge who ruled Florida's adoption ban- the only one in the country- is unconstitutional. McCollum paid Rekers and a colleague $87,000 for testimony that called gay people mentally unstable and advised that the ban should be expanded to include Native Americans because, Rekers claimed, they are also at much higher risk of mental illness and substance abuse. 'They would tend to hang around each other,' Rekers testified. 'So the children would be around a lot of other Native Americans who are … doing the same sorts of things.' This latest controversy may shed new light on how outrageously bias and scientifically unsupported Rekers' testimony has been, said Nadine Smith, executive director of Equality Florida. 'It is disgraceful that the attorney general used taxpayer dollars to compensate this discredited bigot-for-hire,' said Smith. 'It shows just how low they have to scrape to find anyone even willing to defend this awful ban that denies children permanent loving homes.'"

[DeSwiss]

75. Ummm, how could he have missed this:

http://www.carrymyluggage.com/

:shrug:

K&R

[Dappleganger]

77. Things you find in a closet...

[Emit]

88. Love your graphic, Dappleganger!

I just sent it to my daughter, who just today, turned in her final paper (on Gender issues) in her Politics and Women class ~ her thesis was how the Religious/Christian Right is the powerhouse of the anti-gay movement, and it includes a whole section on NARTH and reparative therapy. Oh, and, her closet IS the favorite place for her cat to pee, too! :rofl:

[Orlandodem]

79. UPDATE: TAKEN FROM JUDGEMENT IN GAY ADOPTION TRIAL

In Nov. 2008, Miami-Dade Judge Cindy Lederman awarded custody of the two boys to Gill. In her final judgment, Lederman wrote:

"Dr. Rekers' testimony was far from a neutral and unbiased recitation of the relevant scientific evidence. Dr. Rekers' beliefs are motivated by his strong ideological and theological convictions that are not consistent with the science. Based on his testimony and demeanor at trial, the court can not consider his testimony to be credible nor worthy of forming the basis of public policy."



http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2010/05/antigay-psychologist-george-rekers-takes-trip-to-europe-with-rentboy-from-miami.html

[Touchdown]

81. Then why wasn't Lucien carrying anything at the airport?

[Zorra]

84. But...but...he's just a friend!

:rofl:

[edbermac]

87. RentBoy? Is that like PriceLine?

:shrug: