That sounds like grooming to me.

Then perhaps you should become better informed.

Oh, and guess what? It would be the same thing if a lesbian mayor were involved with a female 17 year old page who “knew what they were doing” and “wanted a mayor that was a friend with benefits.”

“Grooming” and “initiate” would never be used to discuss a few-weeks-from-18 year old girl. These are terms that suggest a much younger child are are associated with pedophilia.

You have chosen these words purposefully. I find your word choice to be less than admirable. I find your insistence on defending your word choice to be telling.

Which is why most of all I’m angry. Because Adams is a “first,” because he’s a minority and needs to be “twice as good” for lack of a better term. And he wasn’t. Instead, he engaged in acts that Exodus testimonials are filled with.

He lied. Several times. Whether it creeps someone out is a matter for each individual to decide on whether that effects their vote or not. If a politician is asked a question that isn’t anyone else’s business they can refuse to respond but they’d better not lie about it or they’ll suffer the consequences when they’re caught.

So any sense of morality or values a gay person may have makes them a tool of the Religious Right in your eyes? That’s quite telling and also patently absurd.

The private life of people is not public business unless that private life includes a violation of the law, lying in court, etc. Adams had no obligation to “come clean” with “the public” because “the public” has no right to know who he was dating.

When he chose to lie not once, but several times about this past relationship it became a matter of public concern. It speaks of his lack of personal character. And whether you agree or not, there are a many people who have a BIG problem with a 42 year old man having a fling with a just-turned 18 year old.

Dating a 17 year old is not a crime. (though they didn’t date then). Kissing a 17 year old is not a crime (though I suspect the antisex nuts will try to criminalize it.)

Wrong on both counts. It’s called contributing to the deliquency of a minor if not sexual contact is involved, far worse if such is included.

As I am certain that you know, comments including the terms “grooming” and “initiate” generally are accompanied with claims that young men are homosexual because of predatory older men making them so and that gay men are pedophiles.

That you are so comfortable with these terms – even after having them brought to your attention – says very little about Adams but it does tell us a great deal about your assumptions and attitudes.