# Another "Anti-Gay" Crusader Falls Out Of The Closet **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 5, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349 "2010-05-05T00:14:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/1 "2010-05-05T00:14:17Z")
In other news, Bear Defecates In Woods, Benedict XVI Professes Catholicism: > [@](#): > > [Christian Right Leader George Rekers Takes Vacation With “Rent Boy”](http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2010-05-06/news/christian-right-leader-george-rekers-takes-vacation-with-rent-boy/1) > > The pictures on the [Rentboy.com](http://Rentboy.com) profile show a shirtless young man with delicate features, guileless eyes, and sun-kissed, hairless skin. The profile touts his “smooth, sweet, tight ass” and “perfectly built 8 inch cock (uncut)” and explains he is “sensual,” “wild,” and “up for anything” — as long you ask first. And as long as you pay. > > On April 13, the “rent boy” (whom we’ll call Lucien) arrived at Miami International Airport on Iberian Airlines Flight 6123, after a ten-day, fully subsidized trip to Europe. He was soon followed out of customs by an old man with an atavistic mustache and a desperate blond comb-over, pushing an overburdened baggage cart. > > That man was George Alan Rekers, of North Miami — the callboy’s client and, as it happens, one of America’s most prominent anti-gay activists. Rekers, a Baptist minister who is a leading scholar for the Christian right, left the terminal with his gay escort, looking a bit discomfited when a picture of the two was snapped with a hot-pink digital camera… > > Rekers is a board member of the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH), an organization that systematically attempts to turn gay people straight… I guess those “systematic attempts” must have a few kinks still to be worked out… ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/2 "2010-05-05T00:15:44Z")
I love this story sooooooo much! ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/3 "2010-05-05T00:59:23Z")
Oh my god, he hired him to _lift his luggage_. That is the best excuse yet! Ha! I’m making up a new euphemism for gay sex, guys: “handle my luggage”. Please use as appropriate. On one hand, I find these stories completely hilarious and find these guys just completely despicable. On the other, I feel sorry for them that they’re clearly so fucked up. I’m having a pretty shitty time of it myself at the moment and I have a glass of wine right here so I think today I will go with…let’s see, oh, I don’t know…_schadenfreude._ ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/4 "2010-05-05T01:09:35Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > Oh my god, he hired him to _lift his luggage_. That is the best excuse yet! Ha! I’m making up a new euphemism for gay sex, guys: “handle my luggage”. Please use as appropriate. I’m thinking of maybe “hiking the Appalachian Trail” in the next couple of years, and even odds as to whether or not that will still be a double-entendre phrase by then. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/5 "2010-05-05T01:19:21Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I’m thinking of maybe “hiking the Appalachian Trail” in the next couple of years, and even odds as to whether or not that will still be a double-entendre phrase by then. At this rate, “orchestrating the silver cabbage” will be a sexual euphemism. Nobody will know why, or quite what it means, but the Google results will make your eyes pop out. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/6 "2010-05-05T01:24:28Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I’m thinking of maybe “hiking the Appalachian Trail” in the next couple of years, and even odds as to whether or not that will still be a double-entendre phrase by then. Me and my wide stance are going to go hiking the Appalachian Trail. Wanna lift my luggage? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/7 "2010-05-05T01:25:41Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > I guess those “systematic attempts” must have a few kinks still to be worked out… Obviously, he turned himself gay to prove that his system would be able to turn him straight again. After all, would you pay for a product that the inventor wasn’t willing to try himself? In fact, I bet the reason he stands behind his method is based on how frequently he turns himself gay and then back to heterosexual again. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/8 "2010-05-05T01:27:11Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > “handle my luggage” He didn’t actually ask him to “handle my luggage”. What he actually said was perfectly innocent. It was “hold my bag”. ..wait, no, it was “hang on to my package” wait… no, it was “grab this junk” wait… ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/9 "2010-05-05T01:32:22Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > He didn’t actually ask him to “handle my luggage”. What he actually said was perfectly innocent. It was “hold my bag”. > > ..wait, no, it was “hang on to my package” > > wait… no, it was “grab this junk” > > wait… “Help me get this shit packed”. “Gotta get this bag lickety split.” The boy whore advertises himself as “sensual”, “wild”, “up for anything”, and possessed of a “smooth, sweet, tight ass” and “perfectly built 8 inch cock (uncut)”, all of which come in handy when getting bags done lickety split or helping people get their shit packed up. That damned European bellman shortage is going to kill before it’s through, I just know it, and what does it say about America that you can’t find anybody willing to travel to Europe and tote your bags other than male prostitutes? What’s become of our work ethic that a fine old gentleman like this must consort for several days with a sweet assed uncut rentboy just to spread the word of God? ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/10 "2010-05-05T01:48:00Z")
You know, I’ve never really liked the “uncomfortable with gays means you’re gay yourself” thing, but there seems to be quite a pattern. Sometimes you hear those ministers preaching they’re like “Homosexuality is a constant temptation and we must maintain constant vigilance so that we don’t fall into it’s trap” and I’m thinking - actually, I just don’t crave dick. No big fight required. I’m good, thanks. I guess I sort of feel sorry for them, even though they’re hateful dicks, they grew up in an environment where they thought they were an abomination and evil and going nuts on the self hatred makes for a tough life. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/11 "2010-05-05T01:49:51Z")
He _should_ have claimed that he’d paid for the rentboy’s time so that he could attempt to _straighten_ him out. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/12 "2010-05-05T01:49:55Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > In fact, I bet the reason he stands behind his method is based on how frequently he turns himself gay and then back to heterosexual again. That’s not a _method_ he’s standing behind. In fact, I wouldn’t exactly call what he’s doing back there “standing” … more like, um… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/13 "2010-05-05T01:49:58Z")
Goddammit, **atavistic mustache** was going to be my new screen name! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/14 "2010-05-05T01:51:23Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > He _should_ have claimed that he’d paid for the rentboy’s time so that he could attempt to _straighten_ him out. I bet he succeeded, too! (he said, taking the _straight_ line.) ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/15 "2010-05-05T02:00:35Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Me and my wide stance are going to go hiking the Appalachian Trail. Wanna lift my luggage? > > -Joe At this rate, there will be enough such euphemisms to write a sequel to Roy Zimmerman’s classic “Firing The Surgeon General”. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/16 "2010-05-05T02:03:32Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > You know, I’ve never really liked the “uncomfortable with gays means you’re gay yourself” thing, but there seems to be quite a pattern. Being uncomfortable with homosexuality when one happens to stumble across it is one thing. Choosing to make disdain for homosexuality into a vocal personal cause, on the other hand… the phrase “doth protest too much” leaps to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/17 "2010-05-05T02:07:48Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > I guess I sort of feel sorry for them, even though they’re hateful dicks, they grew up in an environment where they thought they were an abomination and evil and going nuts on the self hatred makes for a tough life. You’re a better person than I am then, for I don’t feel the least bit sorry for them. They _perpetuate_ that very environment, willingly and conscientiously and deliberately. I hope they have nightmares every single evening that they’re going to burn forever in a hell of Sarah Palin looking demons giving them lap dances, each of them with a yeast infection. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/18 "2010-05-05T02:09:13Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > You’re a better person than I am then, for I don’t feel the least bit sorry for them. They _perpetuate_ that very environment, willingly and conscientiously and deliberately. I hope they have nightmares every single evening that they’re going to burn forever in a hell of Sarah Palin looking demons giving them lap dances, each of them with a yeast infection. Well, I know. It’s one of those situations where they’re dicks - but imagine the life you’ve had to live where your own personality is in such direct conflict with your environment to the point where the only way you can keep your mind straight is to hate yourself and others like you with such fury. It’s just… pitiable. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/19 "2010-05-05T02:11:58Z")
There has to be a teabagging joke in this somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/20 "2010-05-05T02:20:52Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > “Help me get this shit packed”. > > “Gotta get this bag lickety split.” > > The boy whore advertises himself as “sensual”, “wild”, “up for anything”, and possessed of a “smooth, sweet, tight ass” and “perfectly built 8 inch cock (uncut)”, all of which come in handy when getting bags done lickety split or helping people get their shit packed up. That damned European bellman shortage is going to kill before it’s through, I just know it, and what does it say about America that you can’t find anybody willing to travel to Europe and tote your bags other than male prostitutes? What’s become of our work ethic that a fine old gentleman like this must consort for several days with a sweet assed uncut rentboy just to spread the word of God? He should have gotten an immigrant. Wait, no, he’s probably a Republican. Damned Mexicans, taking junk juggling jobs from our boywhores. And, of course, fitting into our typical White Christian Fag Hater - [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&ved=0CAYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theonion.com%2Farticles%2Fwhy-do-all-these-homosexuals-keep-sucking-my-cock%2C10861%2F&ei=R9bgS7ubOYP68Abey8TrDA&usg=AFQjCNHnV27udsMDz5qEY9cFFa8v5iYMHQ&sig2=tXQpL6BnWLd92VtoE-Z2CQ](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&ved=0CAYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theonion.com%2Farticles%2Fwhy-do-all-these-homosexuals-keep-sucking-my-cock%2C10861%2F&ei=R9bgS7ubOYP68Abey8TrDA&usg=AFQjCNHnV27udsMDz5qEY9cFFa8v5iYMHQ&sig2=tXQpL6BnWLd92VtoE-Z2CQ) Wow, long link. -Joe [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349.md?page=2)