Religious-right leader (Rekers) ensnared in gay travel-assistant scandal threatens suit [View All]

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George Alan Rekers, the co-founder of the Family Research Council who has admitted hiring a gay man as a travel assistant for a trip to Europe (Rekers claims that he did not know the man was gay), is threatening to sue for defamation. He aims his fire at the Miami New Times, which broke the story.

"If today’s news story in the Miami New Times is accurate," said Rekers in an e-mail to me, "I have been advised to retain the services of a defamation attorney in this matter, because the fact is that I am not gay and never have been."

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"My travel assistant did in fact lift my luggage each time it was necessary," says Rekers, adding that he "did not hire him as a prostitute for sexual services" and "explained the Christian faith" to him.

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Here are the four questions that I sent my travel assistant at his request two days ago, together with the answers we agreed on in our phone conversation this afternoon:

...more...at link:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/right-now/2010/05/religious-right_leader_ensnare.html

ROFLMAO!!! :rofl:

The ONLY person Rekers is fooling is himself!