# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/41 "2010-05-05T05:21:02Z")
Just looked at the second page of the OP’s link. Eewgh? > [@](#): > > Though he does admit Rekers “likes younger guys to hang out with,” Lucien is protective of his erstwhile client. He describes Rekers primarily as a family man — one whose passion for oppressing homosexuals is dwarfed by his desire to help children. “You don’t understand how much this guy honestly cares about taking care of kids,” he says. > > Indeed, much of Rekers’s activism over the past three decades — beginning with his 1983 book, _Shaping Your Child’s Sexual Identity_ — has been devoted to improving children’s lives by educating them, protecting them from their own budding sexualities, and keeping them safe from gay adoptions — as he did by testifying as an expert witness in favor of gay adoption bans in both Arkansas and Florida. > > Well, it’s a good thing Rekers isn’t gay himself. Lucien tells us that Rekers frequently takes in foster children and that four years ago he adopted a 16-year-old boy. We found the boy, who is now Lucien’s age, on Facebook. He declined to be interviewed. Legally adult 20-year-old rentboys are one thing, but… :eek: Am I being too suspicious here? ---
**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, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/42 "2010-05-05T05:24:07Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Legally adult 20-year-old rentboys are one thing, but… :eek: Am I being too suspicious here? Sadly, probably not. -Joe ---
**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, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/43 "2010-05-05T05:26:47Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Just looked at the second page of the OP’s link. Eewgh? > > Legally adult 20-year-old rentboys are one thing, but… :eek: Am I being too suspicious here? If you’re implying that he’s a pedophile, probably. If you’re implying that he boned the 16 year old who’s denying to comment, probably not. ---
**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, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/44 "2010-05-05T05:54:12Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > Well, the [guy in question](http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2010/05/meet-geo-male-prostitute-hired-by-narth.html) _is_ 5’9" and weighs 130lbs., so I suspect that he might not have been hired based on his baggage handling abilities. And Rekers sounds like a guy with quite a bit of baggage. “Massage, good times, Travel, escort for days, nights and weekends, My name’s Geo. 20 year old, 5’9’‘, 130 pounds, 28’’ waist size,8x6” UNCUT, VERSATILE, NICE ASS. Puerto Rican . . ." Wait, **PUERTO RICAN?!** :eek: Rekers is a race-mixing scumbag! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/45 "2010-05-05T06:02:52Z")
> [@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. “Carry your bag, sir?” ---
**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, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/46 "2010-05-05T06:12:51Z")
Excerpts from his [wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Alan_Rekers): > [@](#): > > George Alan Rekers is an officer of NARTH, the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality. There you go- he was doing research and therapy. It’s a much better excuse than needing help with baggage anyway. > [@](#): > > Rekers was an expert witness in a 2004 case involving gay adoption in Arkansas, which had banned LGBT people from adopting in 1999. > … > In 2008, Rekers was also an expert witness in In re: Gill, a case defending Florida’s gay adoption ban. How charming, and what better way to promote your own books and organizations than to fuck up the life of an adopted child? After all, that way there’s always going to be at least one person who’ll always remember you. Strangely neither the website for NARTH nor Facts About Youth have any mention of their free publicity. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/47 "2010-05-05T06:12:58Z")
They go to a restaurant together. “Sir, would you like a doggy bag?” “No thanks, I brought my own.” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/48 "2010-05-05T06:16:07Z")
“Is this your bag, sir?” “No, this is definitely not my bag!” “Just as we thought…” “Follow in your books and repeat after me as we learn three new words in Turkish. Bath. Coffee. Rentboy. May I see your Facebook, please?” “Ah! The rentboy, he is part of your family! …” ---
**Author:** ![BrightNShiny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@BrightNShiny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrightNShiny)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/49 "2010-05-05T06:18:52Z")
Maybe he took a shower with the rentboy to show him how big his penis is? I hear it cures teh gay. ---
**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, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/50 "2010-05-05T06:26:53Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > Well, the [guy in question](http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2010/05/meet-geo-male-prostitute-hired-by-narth.html) _is_ 5’9" and weighs 130lbs. Didn’t he save _any_ of the money he made from [SWEENEY TODD](http://terbsworld.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/caius.jpg) or his upcoming role as[Grindelwald](http://terbsworld.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/caius.jpg) in HARRY POTTER? ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/51 "2010-05-05T06:58:58Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > “Carry your bag, sir?” Nah, let her walk 😃 ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/52 "2010-05-05T07:22:40Z")
> [@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. > > 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. Someone on the board once provided a provocative explanation for these guys: It could be that right-wing gay homophobes are simply not aware that most men who identify as heterosexual have no or very little erotic attraction to other men; they figure that all men feel attraction to guys and that others are just better at suppressing it. For them, “gays” are not people who are attracted to the same sex (like them), but people who’ve depravedly decided there’s nothing wrong with it. Accordingly, there’s nothing hypocritical about boffing a rent boy and working against queer rights; boffing the rent boy was a moral lapse due to weakness, and they’re trying to do “better” by redoubling their efforts against “homosexuality.” ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/53 "2010-05-05T07:27:34Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > Accordingly, there’s nothing hypocritical about boffing a rent boy and working against queer rights; boffing the rent boy was a moral lapse due to weakness, and they’re trying to do “better” by redoubling their efforts against “homosexuality.” When you think about it, I bet that cognitive stance makes the whole thing even kinkier to them in a way. Forbidden fruit and all that… ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/54 "2010-05-05T07:33:57Z")
Here we go – it was **bup** , [here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=12187911#post12187911) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/55 "2010-05-05T08:10:59Z")
I remember when this sort of thing hypocrisy wasn’t commonly coming to light as it is now. Has a significant portion of the gay community stopped covering for these noisy hypocrites and started arranging outings? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/56 "2010-05-05T08:12:17Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Just to ask, wasn’t the Appalachian Trail excuse for a _heterosexual_ affair? I thought that Appalachian Trail was code for a secret gay affair so that the true Brazilian Trail would not be discovered out in the bush. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/57 "2010-05-05T08:17:37Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > I thought that Appalachian Trail was code for a secret gay affair so that the true Brazilian Trail would not be discovered out in the bush. And let’s not even get started on the Oregon Trail. ‘Caulk the wagon’ indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Sorrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Sorrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sorrel)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/58 "2010-05-05T08:57:23Z")
_Now_ I understand the phrase Fanny Pack… ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/59 "2010-05-05T09:10:59Z")
I’m beginning to think that the best part about these stories is the almost unlimited opportunities for puns and in-your-end-o. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349/60 "2010-05-05T09:17:22Z")
> [@Lord\_Mondegreen](#): > > I’m beginning to think that the best part about these stories is the almost unlimited opportunities for puns and in-your-end-o. You win the thread. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-anti-gay-crusader-falls-out-of-the-closet/538349.md?page=4)