Like many, I’ve been preoccupied by the story of George Rekers and the disconnect between his years of work in the anti-Gay movement and his hiring a male gay escort to travel with him on a European sexual massage vacation. Thus far, the media focus has been on whether he did it or not. There […]
All of this Rekers business got me to nosing through the NARTH web site, and I ran across this article. It looked interesting, so I started reading. Pro-Homosexual Researchers Conceal Findings: Children Raised by Openly Homosexual Parents More Likely to Engage in Homosexuality By Trayce Hansen, Ph.D. Research by social scientists, although not definitive, suggests […]
These first two graphs are from last October when we were still on the dark side of The Great Recession. The point is most obvious on the cumulative graph below. The first decade of our new century was jobless – we had a net loss of jobs during the Bush years. The only other time […]
NARTH Responds to the Recent Media Coverage of Dr. George RekersMay 6, 2010 The National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) is a professional scientific organization with hundreds of academic, research, and clinical members dedicated to assisting individuals dealing with unwanted homosexual attractions. While NARTH is focused on the science of homosexual attraction, […]
Things Rekers Said To Lucien When He Didn’t Think We Were Listening By Miami New Times Staff May 6, 2010 Anti-gay activist George Alan Rekers complains in an earlier post on Riptide that he did not hire a young gay escort named Lucien as a prostitute. But what the minister – who hasn’t returned calls […]
Personally, I’ve always been of the opinion that decent parenting [or foster/adoptive parenting] rests on intangibles: Is the child wanted? Does the parent understand that parents are for children, not the other way around? Does the parent focus on optimal development for the child they have rather than try to shape the child to their […]
George Alan Rekers Denies He’s Gay, Threatens to Sue Miami New Times By Natalie O’Neill May. 6, 2010 George Alan Rekers, the anti-gay activist who hired a male prostitute, has fired back at the New Times reporters who broke the story. This afternoon, Rekers sent an e-mail calling a follow-up article "defamation." He claims his […]
George Rekers Is a Homosexual, Says Escort By Miami New Times Staff May 6, 2010 The male escort hired by anti-gay activist George Alan Rekers has told Miami New Times that the Baptist minister is a homosexual who paid him to provide body rubs, once a day, in the nude, during their ten-day vacation in […]
graph from last month [DKOS] with last week added News Corp.’s Murdoch defends Fox News’ Glenn BeckLA Times May 4, 2010 Advertisers may be backing away from Fox News personality Glenn Beck, but News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch is standing pat. Murdoch was asked on the company’s third quarter analyst call about the departure of […]
The Family Research Council responded to TPM with this statement about Dr. George Rekers: In the past 24 hours FRC has received calls regarding Dr. George Rekers and his connection with the Family Research Council. After reviewing the historical records we did verify that Dr. Rekers was a member of the original Family Research Council […]