Christian leader caught with male escort

[finehoe]

A Christian leader and prominent neuro-psychiatrist who co-founded the Family Research Council with evangelist James Dobson took a ten-day European vacation with a callboy he met through RentBoy.com and was caught in an airport with the escort by a Miami newspaper.

The escort said he had met George Rekers, professor of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science at the University of South Carolina, on RentBoy.com. Rekers, when confronted, didn't deny that he'd met the callboy online, but said he had hired him to help him carry his baggage and didn't learn he was generally hired for "private company" until mid-way through his European vacation.

"I had surgery," Rekers told Miami's New Times, "and I can't lift luggage. That's why I hired him." (The paper noted that it didn't stop him from pushing a "tottering" pile of luggage through Miami International Airport.)

The callboy, identified by a pseudonym, told the New Times' Penn Bullock and Brandon Thorp that Rekers claim that he didn't know his "line of work" seemed spurious.

"He should've been able to tell you that," he said. "But that's up to him".

According to Penn and Thorp, the slender, 20-year-old escort's profile advertises his "smooth, sweet, tight ass" and "perfectly built 8 inch cock." RentBoy.com's profiles are not indexed by Google.

“It is clear that Rekers has baggage and certainly needs help,” said Wayne Besen, a prominent opponent of the "ex-gay" movement and director of the nonprofit Truth Wins Out. Referring to South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, a conservative who claimed he was hiking when he'd actually been meeting with a mistress, he added: “At least he did not say he was walking the Appalachian Trail.”

"This is a bombshell that completely discredits the ex-gay industry and proves that the movement is a fraud,” Besen added.

The paper printed emails exchanged between the professor and the escort prior to their trip. Rekers co-founded the conservative and anti-gay Family Research Council with Rev. James Dobson in 1983.

"I'd like to propose another trip to Rome, Italy, for a week or more," Rekers purportedly wrote in an Mar. 21 email obtained by New Times. "This is so exciting to have a nice Travel Assistant and traveling companion! Wow! I'm so glad I met you."

"I called and talked to the reservation guy in London and reserved a room with two twin beds," Rekers allegedly remarked in a later email.

Rekers is a prominent advocate against gays in Florida, where he resides. He testified against Florida allowing gay couples to adopt, asserting that children of gay couples "living with a practicing homosexual in the adoptive home,” are especially “vulnerable to psychological damage and an increasing inability to adapt."

A commenter on a California Catholic daily, which reported the findings of Rekers' investigations into gay adoption, remarked, "The active principle in these children's stress is the fact that their welfare comes in dead last in the homosexual lifestyle - it is oriented toward grooming them for traumatic early sexualization and exploitation by adults."

The escort told New Times that Rekers is "primarily a family man," despite their European jaunt.

"You don't understand how much this guy honestly cares about taking care of kids," he was quoted as saying.

Reker is the author of "Growing Up Straight: What Families should Know about Homosexuality."

[reednavy]

Saw this yesterday, and about busted my ass falling outta my chair laughing.

[Sportmotor]

Yea, he nailed the boy. It wont be Im sorry I did it, it will be I am sorry I was caught.

[riverside planner]

The more vehement the homophobe, the more likely he is to be deep in denial.  Does he really think that people buy his explanation?  Yeah, because traveling bellhop is EXACTLY what I would think that a service called "RentBoy" specialized in!  

[Sportmotor]

I had to go to that site a second ago, there is no way on god's green earth can you mistake that site for anything then gay hook up site.

Def NOT work safe tho.

[buckethead]

I'm sure he was only ministering to the young man.

[Cricket]

Reminds me of Pastor Jimmy Swaggert caught leaving a whorehouse in 1986. He is back behind the pulpit today, a testament to the forgiving nature of Christians. "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God". I guess!

[finehoe]

Between the Christian preachers and "Family Values" Republicans, this sort of thing is hardly news anymore. *yawn*

[JaxNative68]

I was thinking about rebuilding my deck this weekend are you all telling me I shouldn't a check on RentBoy.com for help?

[Dog Walker]

I'm sure he was only ministering to the young man.

You should have put quote marks around ministering.  ROFLMAO!!

[JC]

This kind of thing is pretty sad but it needs to happen more often.  I just couldnt imagine carrying such a huge lie and publicly working so hard against what I am. 

[JaxNative68]

It’s the ultimate form of denial, usually their way of trying to suppress their biggest inner fear of who they truly are by turning their self contempt outwardly.

[Sportmotor]

I was thinking about rebuilding my deck this weekend are you all telling me I shouldn't a check on RentBoy.com for help?

Well...they look like they can do hard labor 

[JaxNative68]

^ could I have served that one to you any easier?

[Sportmotor]

No I don't think you could have, and I appreciate it