How a conservative group dealt with a fondling charge against a rising GOP star
On a fall evening two years ago, donors gathered during a conference at a Ritz-Carlton hotel near Washington to raise funds for a 31-year-old candidate for the Ohio legislature who was a rising star in evangelical politics.
Hours later, upstairs in a hotel guest room, an 18-year-old college student who had come to the event with his parents said the candidate unzipped his pants and fondled him in the middle of the night. The frightened teenager fled the room and told his mother and stepfather, who demanded action from the head of the organization hosting the conference.
If we endorse these types of individuals, then it would seem our whole weekend together was nothing more than a charade, the stepfather wrote to Tony Perkins, president of the Council for National Policy.
Trust me . . . this will not be ignored nor swept aside, replied Perkins, who also heads the Family Research Council, a prominent evangelical activist group. It will be dealt with swiftly, but with prudence.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-a-conservative-group-dealt-with-a-fondling-charge-against-a-rising-gop-star/2017/11/17/b3b4b8da-c956-11e7-b0cf-7689a9f2d84e_story.html
Guess that star wasn't the only thing that was rising.
Botany
(70,490 posts)Legislator because he was caught having sex w/another man in his office.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/lawmaker-wes-goodman-anti-lgbt-resigns-sex-man-office-caught-ohio-republican-christian-family-values-a8060631.html
An Ohio lawmaker who routinely touted his Christian faith and anti-LGBT views has resigned after being caught having sex with a man in his office.
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The right-wing legislator, who pushed family values, was reportedly witnessed having sex with a man inside his office who was not employed by the legislator.
According to the Columbus Dispatch, the observer told Ohio House Chief of Staff Mike Dittoe what had happened on Tuesday afternoon. Mr Dittoe responded by telling House Speaker Republican Cliff Rosenberger who in turn met with Mr Goodman.
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The 33-year-old, who has been branded the conscience of the conservative movement, resigned for inappropriate conduct shortly after the meeting took place.
Mr Goodman, whose Twitter biography describes him as Christian. American. Conservative. Republican. Husband to @Beth1027, has regularly claimed "natural marriage" occurs between a man and a woman.
Upthevibe
(8,038 posts)Botany
(70,490 posts)... the more I think "closet case." I have found being a straight man it is really
easy not to have sex w/other men.
Goodman is still young enough to come out and spend his life working for good
then for hate.
pat_k
(9,313 posts)What courageous and decisive action -- NoT!
Why the hell didn't they go public?