Comments on: Anti-Gay/Ex-Gay Activist George Rekers Vacations With “Rentboy”

By: George Rekers, “Kraig,” and the lie of “ex-gay” therapy | Bent Alaska

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 21:57:10 +0000

[...] Research & Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) — who became even more famous in May 2010 when he got caught vacationing with a male prostitute he found on Rentboy.com. Kirk Andrew Murphy at age 4-1/2, shortly before entering treatment at [...]

By: Erin

Erin — Fri, 07 May 2010 22:16:00 +0000

I find it interesting this story isn’t on the Fox News site. Hmm…..wonder why. Maybe because it blows another hole in the ex-gay therapy works, and being gay is a choice argument.

By: My Life Is the Poem I Would Have Scribbled on the Men’s Room Wall | The League of Ordinary Gentlemen

Wed, 05 May 2010 11:20:13 +0000

[...] another anti-gay minister just got caught with another gay prostitute: The Miami New Times has an explosive exposé revealing that anti-gay activist George Rekers has [...]

By: James Savik

James Savik — Wed, 05 May 2010 03:30:03 +0000

So… how long until the whole Family Research Council is outed as a bunch of sick old trolls that have to pay for it?

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 04 May 2010 23:30:46 +0000

In all seriousness, although it’s fun to gloat when something like this happens, I think that “hypocrisy” is overhyped by our community.

Reker’s anti-gay actions were, and always have been, evil. His behaviors would be just as evil coming from a straight man as coming from a closeted gay man.

It’s not wrong to have sex with men. It’s not wrong to travel with men, even younger men. I don’t even personally believe it’s wrong to pay another adult for sexual services, as long as everyone is aware of what they’re doing. (Illegal, yes, but “wrong?” Not unless there’s coercion.) So while it’s fun (delicious, even) to make a big deal when a hypocrite like Rekers is caught with a man, there’s the risk that the wrong message is sent. The attitude shouldn’t be, “See? Even you got caught doing the bad thing that you criticize.” The whole point is, “It was never a bad thing in the first place.”

By: Burr

Burr — Tue, 04 May 2010 21:57:27 +0000

So.. why in the world is he allowed to adopt? :P

By: Right-wing ‘scholar’ says he hired gay rentboy to ‘minister’ to him

Right-wing ‘scholar’ says he hired gay rentboy to ‘minister’ to him — Tue, 04 May 2010 21:17:48 +0000

[...] Burroway at Box Turtle Bulletin explains Reker’s importance in the anti-gay [...]

By: tavdy79

tavdy79 — Tue, 04 May 2010 19:47:29 +0000

Off-topic, but…

Could he look any more like Ned Flanders?

By: John in the Bay Area

John in the Bay Area — Tue, 04 May 2010 18:56:54 +0000

By the way, I really feel for the guy who was adopted at 16. He is in a very difficult position in this whole mess. It seems like he doesn’t want to become part of this story. As long as he continues to feel that way, I do hope that his privacy is respected.

By: John in the Bay Area

John in the Bay Area — Tue, 04 May 2010 18:52:46 +0000

The really suspicious ones truely dedicate themselves to the anti-gay cause. While many right wingers are anti-gay, anti-welfare, anti-tax, pro-military budgets, and take strong positions on any number of issues, those who just seem fixated on their anti-gay cause stand out for the bizarre nature of their obsession. I just assume that all of them are gay, otherwise they would have lost interest long ago in the whole thing.