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brooklynite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-10 11:09 PM
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Second 'Rent Boy' Comes Forward, Claims Sex With Rekers
Edited on Fri May-07-10 11:19 PM by brooklynite
Source: Towleroad

A second man, who goes by the name Chaz, is now claiming he was hired by Rekers for sex:

In a city, in the USA, when I was in my 20’s, I committed the illegal act of prostitution with a man named George Rekers. To divulge more information regarding the time and place, at this time, would not benefit me, legally. I was sitting in my apartment, watching TV when my pager went off. It was a caller, responding to an ad I had placed in the escort/masseur section of a local gay magazine. The caller was George Rekers, and he told me his real name, a requirement I had for all of my clients who wanted “outcall” service, meaning that I would travel to their hotel for a “session”. If anything happened to me, the clients name and info would be sitting on my dresser for my roommate to find. Rekers was very specific about the kind of service he expected for the $150 he agreed to pay me. He insisted on only safe activity, and repeatedly asked me if I was “clean”, meaning disease free. I assured him that I was. 

Rekers wanted a full body massage, and he wanted light, sexual contact. He referred to himself as being “very vanilla”, which I later learned means, no oral or anal. As an escort, I remembered clients like this the most because they are easy money. I fulfilled his request, and by the time I was finished, there wasn’t a single part of his body that my hands had not touched. He wanted a light tickling of his skin, just barely touching his skin, as I glided my fingers up and down his spine, all the way into his crack. He shivered with pleasure with every stroke. I wasn’t in the habit of asking my clients any personal questions. I did, however, answer several questions George had for me. He was very curious to know more about my porno career, which, he had not previously been aware of. When I explained it to him, he seemed repulsed when I got into the details of the oral and anal sex scenes. I sensed that George was struggling with his sexuality, but I had no idea that he was a monster, until now."


Read more: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/05/second-rent-boy-comes-forward-claims-sex-with-rekers.html



Threatening to sue people for defaming you is never a good idea if you're actually guilty of the allegation.
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tomm2thumbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-10 11:24 PM
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1. cue the woodwork - out with them all...

no doubt there will be pictures to come

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naaman fletcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 08:35 AM
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17. This guy needs to work on his comma usage:
"To divulge more information regarding the time and place, at this time, would not benefit me, legally."

But I'm glad he's speaking out. Rekers is a POS (not for hiring rent-boys, but for being a homophobe).
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happygoluckytoyou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 12:28 PM
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27. He is more experienced with the COLON
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-09-10 02:18 AM
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70. Good one.
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activa8tr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-09-10 07:27 AM
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76. Thanks for my first morning laugh out loud!
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-09-10 02:20 AM
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71. Cue the woodwork? Out with them all? Very punny.
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 12:07 AM
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2. mark for later ...
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DeSwiss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 12:18 AM
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3. K&R


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truthrocks Donating Member (160 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 02:13 PM
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38. Great Visual!
:bounce:
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boppers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 12:29 AM
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4. ...and so it rolls.
This is his MO, the "massage" from the young, clean, escort...

However, here's something that also stands out to me: He wants "clean" kids, right?

Why?

If there is no potentially dangerous sexual contact, why would that even matter?

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Divine Discontent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 12:48 AM
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6. he clearly has problems with his own opinions of 'sex' and of course, saw the
Edited on Sat May-08-10 12:53 AM by Divine Discontent
devastation that AIDS did, but wow, what a loop this confused jerk is... he actively fought against Gay Rights, receiving tens of thousands to do so as a public face of the FRC, while also living a lie by asking young male prostitutes to get him hard by stroking his body....


one creepy pig!

I commend these two for coming forward. The pic of this newest guy looks quite similar to the other young man.
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AlbertCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 10:19 AM
Response to Reply #4
19. why would that even matter?
Because he's an idiot who probably thinks you can get AIDS from a teacup.
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 12:35 AM
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5. well, it is quite clear....
he had to hire someone to carry his bags, and another on to press his clothes. Duh :)
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Hekate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 01:10 AM
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7. "...but I had no idea that he was a monster, until now." Well put, young man.
:nopity: for George Rekers and his ilk.

Hekate

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sheldon Donating Member (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 01:45 AM
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8. Monster?
Shouldn't that be reserved for molesters or something?
Granted Rekers is a POS for railing against homosexuality while practicing it, but I don't think that makes him a "monster".
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Tunkamerica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 04:02 AM
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12. if you were part of a group being actively discriminated against
by a man who lived two lives, on with you and one decidedly against perhaps you would reconsider your definition of monster. Perhaps not.
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Frank Cannon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 07:11 AM
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15. Word is that HE was the one behind the "show your son your penis in the shower"...
"so that he doesn't turn gay" technique that Dobson advocates.

So in addition to merely being gay, he's also a pervert, just like his boss.
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mysticalchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 10:33 AM
Response to Reply #8
21. that was my thought too ...
... very confused, yes. And for what he's done to hurt the cause of equal rights for gays and lesbians, at minimum a hypocrite but a monster? Not so much, in my view. Mostly, a very troubled person who was in a position to make life more difficult for others based on his own confusion. This is just sad, all the way around.
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-09-10 02:33 AM
Response to Reply #21
73. I take it neither you nor a child or parent of yours is gay.
Edited on Sun May-09-10 03:14 AM by No Elephants
Legislation that says "in the eyes of the state/nation, gays are less than human" is Jim Crow legislation, which is monstrous. (IMO, it's no coincidence lynchings decreased markedly or disappeared after abolition of Jum Crow laws.)

That is the kind of legislation this guy fought for, without regard to hou much pain or danger it might cause gays.

And emphasizing over and over that "gays are an abomination to God" to religious fanatics is being very reckless with human life.

And that's without the emotional damage that leads to, among other things, teen suicides.

Sorry, I'm just not getting the zeal to protect Reker's from being called a monster that I am seeing on this thread.

Please see also Replies 16, 22 and 45, among others.
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keopeli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 11:12 AM
Response to Reply #8
23. see my post below (#22) on why he IS truly a monster. n/t
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QC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 11:27 AM
Response to Reply #8
25. He has blood on his hands. He's a monster. n/t
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MrMickeysMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 01:36 PM
Response to Reply #8
35. Oh, I dunno...
I'd say any poser as a religious leader who lies about homosexuality while "struggling" (nice struggling, eh?) sounds monstrous enough to me.
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a la izquierda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 05:00 PM
Response to Reply #8
55. As the daughter of a lesbian woman...
Rekers is a monster. He would deny my mother the very right to exist, if he could. I have no doubt about that.
At the very least, he and his disgusting ilk deny her, and millions like her, the right to be themselves and to marry their loves.

A fucking monster. A lying sack of shit, too.
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-09-10 02:37 AM
Response to Reply #55
74. Yep. Among too many other things, he would love for you to shame and shun your mom.
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Stevenmarc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 10:13 PM
Response to Reply #8
67. Sorry but the people that spend their lives working to institutionalize homophobia....
are the biggest monsters of all.
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-09-10 02:27 AM
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72. Rekers did a lot more than howl in the wind. Pls. see Reply ##s 73, 16, 22, and 45.
Edited on Sun May-09-10 03:06 AM by No Elephants
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Hamlette Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 01:50 AM
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9. why is it that republicans get away with this but dems don't?????
We're not hypocrites, they are yet they impeached Clinton, Spitzer had to resign and Vitter, Ensign, Sanford, Criag stay in office. I flat out don't get it.
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brewens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 05:13 PM
Response to Reply #9
59. Craig is gone now but I think he actually should still be our Senator.
Idaho is such a Republican state that he could probably have been re-elected. If the people that supported him the last few elections had any brains or character, they would have still backed him.
What I mean is, that if they had any brains they knew exactly what he was into, or should have, long before the "wide stance" incident. If so, they elected him and must have felt he was their kind of guy. If they didn't know what he was, they had no business even voting.
If they had any character they wouldn't have disowned him. Given that that kind of behavior is nothing unusual for high profile Republicans, he should still have his job. I'm glad he doesn't though.
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Hamlette Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 06:10 PM
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62. I agree, it should not have cost him his job
My issue is that dems either resign right away (Spitzer) or bet beat to shit by the right (Clinton). The right skates. Craig, after all, finished his term.

Maybe its because they really have no shame. It's why they can lie non stop but we dems can't/won't.
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 02:27 AM
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10. Hey George: Truth is an ABSOLUTE DEFENSE to Slander. You're outta luck.
What a hypocrite.


This is REALLY BASIC STUFF I learned in Torts class. Torts is two semesters.

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truthisfreedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 02:51 AM
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11. OMG this is so funny.
Every rabid anti-gay rethug representative is now threatened. They're toast!
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 06:17 AM
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13. Wide stance repblicon family values
Ptoooey on republicons unable to face the truth.
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Stuart G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 06:43 AM
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14. K and R
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Joe Bacon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 08:25 AM
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16. OK, so when is Rent Boy #3 going to tell all?
This couldn't happen to a more deserving worthless piece of shit that Rekers!

How many kids has Rekers driven to suicide? How many lives has this fucking closet queen destroyed? I hope every rent boy he did the dingle dangle dingle with will come out and tell all. I want Rekers to finally get the same crap that he's dished out to gays and lesbians in droves. Let every last second of his life be filled with humiliation and rejection.
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 08:41 AM
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18. He will now commence to counseling himself.
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AlbertCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 10:23 AM
Response to Reply #18
20. He will now commence to counseling himself.
But that's the problem! Feeling himself up just isn't the same!
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howmad1 Donating Member (959 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 08:02 PM
Response to Reply #20
66. On the other hand.....
...he will seek solace with a Catholic priest who gets his rocks off on young boys. Said priest will hear his confession, then give Rekker absolution and all will be forgiven. "Move on, nothing to see here."
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keopeli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 11:11 AM
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22. Yes, a monster indeed.
A couple of posters here have suggested that calling this bastard a monster is too much; that he is just terribly confused and troubled by his own sexuality, but that his own disillusion does not qualify him as a monster. They suggest the term be reserved for pedophiles and murderers.

As a leader and proponent of the anti-gay movement, and in light of his own hypocrisy, I suggester the term 'monster' is entirely appropriate. Consider the damage his lifetime of work has done. His fear-mongering has stoked the violent tendencies of homophobes across the nation, like those who murdered Matthew Shephard. His advocacy of self-loathing has compounded the psychological trauma of young gay people who all to often turn to drug abuse, become violent homophobes like this man, or even commit suicide. I have friends and acquaintances who have fallen into each of these categories and all have been mislead by the ravings of the anti-gay movement.

When you live your entire life as a second-class citizen, marginalized by charlatans, chased and brutalized by bullies, denied equal rights by your government, characterized as a laughing-stock in the media, slandered by religious leaders almost universally and misunderstood by most of the public around you, you become very perceptive at recognizing the monsters among the crowd quickly. We're fortunate that, in this day and age, we can call them out publicly. This has not always been the case. But let's not demean the victims of their hate-mongering by trying to understand how this could happen to any of us. The vast majority of gay people do NOT turn into monsters like this. Most of us figure out that we're actually okay and society is f'ed up, rather than practicing our self-hatred on everyone else in the world while enjoying our private booty-calls behind closed doors.

Peace.
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QC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 11:26 AM
Response to Reply #22
24. Thank you. n/t
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Tansy_Gold Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 02:43 PM
Response to Reply #22
45. I think of the children
who could have been in families where they were loved and cared for and wanted and respected, but because of George Rekers and his monstrous hypocrisy, those children were denied.

And on this Mother's Day week-end, I think of all the would-be parents who were denied the opportunity to adopt and make families.

George Rekers is indeed a monster.





Tansy Gold
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noiretextatique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 02:44 PM
Response to Reply #22
46. well said...i couldn't agree more
:applause:
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bobbolink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 04:34 PM
Response to Reply #22
54. Exactly right, and the hate crimes and suicides are on HIS head!
I read down to see if anyone was going to answer to the "not a monster" bit. Thank you for doing so, so eloquently.

This is what ignorant people do to us homeless folk when they spout ignorant crap... and even Thom Hartmann is guilty of it. That ignorance leads to further suffering, and yes, even death.

But, to many, it simply doesn't matter.

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Withywindle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 05:06 PM
Response to Reply #22
57. + 10,000.
He's a monster. He's contributed nothing to the world but lies and hate.
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-09-10 02:46 AM
Response to Reply #22
75. +1 "Monster" is accurate.
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Christa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 11:31 AM
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26. Time for him to come clean
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happygoluckytoyou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 12:30 PM
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28. I HAD SO MUCH LUGGAGE I NEEDED 2 OF THEM
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47of74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 12:48 PM
Response to Reply #28
30. Yes, it's kind of hard to carry luggage with such a wide stance
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Jeff In Milwaukee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 01:10 PM
Response to Reply #30
33. NOTE TO REPUBLICANS
Take the bus. Seriously. Just stay out of airports.
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MrMickeysMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 01:38 PM
Response to Reply #33
36. P.S.
Try dealing with your sexuality, will you?
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Jeff In Milwaukee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 02:34 PM
Response to Reply #36
41. Or at least stop trying to deal with other peoples'....(nt)
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 02:37 PM
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42. ...
:thumbsup:
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avaistheone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-09-10 01:57 AM
Response to Reply #28
69. lol
omg :spray:
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 12:32 PM
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29. Oh, I can't WAIT to see what other skeletons Mr. Rekers has in his closet.
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SocialistLez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 01:02 PM
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31. ::rubs hands together:: It gets better and better!! NT
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cindyperry2009 Donating Member (49 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 01:07 PM
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32. The gif that keeps
on giving hahahahahah
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DesertDiamond Donating Member (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 01:19 PM
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34. May more and more "rent boys" speak up to kick Reker's ass! !! Effing hypocrite!
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penndragon69 Donating Member (409 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 02:04 PM
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37. It was research.
Only research. How can he cure them if he does not know how to get them turned on?
He was probably in a shared room with James dobson. Dobson probably only
likes looking through the closet door while pleasuring himself in the dark,

Hypocritical republiCON A'Holes!
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gristy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 02:28 PM
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39. Article in the Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/08/1619272/rentboy-escort-i-gave-sexual-massages.html

An antigay psychologist's recent trip to Europe with a gay male escort from Miami has captivated readers and viewers around the world. Salacious stories have been published from South Florida to New Zealand, and it has been the butt of jokes by Jay Leno, Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart.

And on Friday, the young escort at the center of the scandal spoke with CNN correspondent Randi Kaye for Anderson Cooper's prime-time show.

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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 02:33 PM
Response to Reply #39
40. "...the butt of jokes." Har-de-har-har!
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Rebubula Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 02:40 PM
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43. HAHA
I love these stories. Assholes brought low by the very vice they preach against.

It may take another generation or two, but being gay will be the same as straight in everyone's eyes.
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LaPera Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 02:41 PM
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44. These fucks have been doing it for years, only then a few get caught for their lies & duplicity.
Edited on Sat May-08-10 02:47 PM by LaPera
But not before their sick hypocritical lies for monetary gain have caused so much hurt & pain to other innocent people!
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Tab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 02:58 PM
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47. "He shivered with pleasure with every stroke."

Frankly, this sounds like a fake account. Someone is enjoying writing it way too much, it doesn't sound real.
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izquierdista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 03:05 PM
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48. There is a take-home lesson in all this
And the lesson is for those closet cases, bi-curious, straight-but-not-narrow, shy types out there -- no one really cares what your sexuality is. You can experiment as much as you want, indulge yourself, sow your oats, as long as you don't stand up and rail against it on Sunday morning. The more you protest, the more things you denounce, the more you draw back the curtain on your own behavior.
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 04:01 PM
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49. Boy he sure must have lots of baggage to be toted.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 04:02 PM
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50. Quelle Surprise !!!!
Edited on Sat May-08-10 04:02 PM by marmar
Rekers' story reeked from the beginning.


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inna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 04:05 PM
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51. who the heck is Rekers and why does anyone care?

What did I miss?? :shrug:
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rantormusing Donating Member (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 04:29 PM
Response to Reply #51
52. I'm right there with you
And i happen to be gay , but i don't see the big to do over this. I guess he was in one of those family/religious organizations. But damn if I've ever heard of him before.
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onager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 05:54 PM
Response to Reply #51
61. He was a FOUNDER of Family Research Council
Along with the ever-charming "Dr." James Dobson.

This is a very big deal, and I'm surprised at the "meh" comments on here - especially from gays.

FRC has been behind every hateful anti-gay movement in this country since 1993, when it was founded. I'm not even gay and I know that much.

In this story, they're being as hypocritical as usual. From the Wikipedia entry on Rekers:

Following the first reports, there were claims that within hours of these reports the Family Research Council had removed the details about Rekers' role as a founder board member from their web site.

They subsequently posted up a release denying any association with Rekers for over a decade, stating that "while it's extremely disappointing when any Christian leader engages in the very activities that they "preach" against, it's not surprising. The Scriptures clearly teach the fallen nature of all people."


Memo to FRC: you can kiss my atheist ass. But only if you bring a credit card.
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noiretextatique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 06:10 PM
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63. he's a public homophobe who's been booted out of the closet
Edited on Sat May-08-10 06:11 PM by noiretextatique
He's a real POS hypocrite :puke:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Alan_Rekers

George Alan Rekers (born July 11, 1948) is an American psychologist. He is emeritus professor of Neuropsychiatry & Behavioral Science at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. He received his Ph.D. in human developmental psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles, his Th.D. from the University of South Africa, and his MBA from Southern Wesleyan University.<2>

In 1983 Rekers was on the founding board of the Family Research Council, a non-profit Christian lobbying organization, along with James Dobson and Armand Nicholi Jr.<3>

Accusation of bias

Rekers is an officer of NARTH, the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality.<10> Despite NARTH's position as a secular organization, Rekers has testified in court that he believes the Bible is the infallible word of God, and that homosexuality is a sin.<11> His personal beliefs regarding homosexuality, according to the ACLU, interfere with his ability to give an unbiased professional opinion on LGBT topics, including gay adoption.<12> Rekers was an expert witness in a 2004 case involving gay adoption in Arkansas, which had banned LGBT people from adopting in 1999. In December 2004, Pulaski County Circuit Court judge Timothy Fox ruled against the state of Arkansas. Furthermore, he called Rekers' testimony "extremely suspect." He also accused Rekers of testifying solely for promoting his "own personal agenda."<13>

In 2008, Rekers was an expert witness in In re: Gill, a case defending Florida's gay adoption ban. Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Cindy Lederman ruled against the state. In her decision, she said "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."<13>
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 04:32 PM
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 05:03 PM
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56. how sad that we live in such a hateful world, that makes people hate themselves so much
that they turn into these monsters.

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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 05:10 PM
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58. I guess we now know the kind of stuff Family Research Council likes to research. nt
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 05:53 PM
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60. No sh!t!
Numbers 32:23, "But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out."

And I thought the Bible Thumpers "Believed" the word. But they hardly ever walk the walk they talk. I'm shocked...shocked I tell you.

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Loudmxr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 07:55 PM
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64. Don't be so hard on the boy he's just trying to flesh out his resume.
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Loudmxr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 07:58 PM
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65. Reker's always needs help because he is packing a lot.
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Jim Sagle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-08-10 10:14 PM
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68. Gives new meaning to the term "rent seeker."
;)
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activa8tr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-09-10 07:51 AM
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77. Thanks for bringing this up for us! I was sure that there
was more to this guy's past than we had so-far seen.

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