Washington, D.C. - In response to the events surrounding the resignation of Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL), Family Research Council (FRC) President Tony Perkins released the following statement:
"We are all shocked by this spectacle of aberrant sexual behavior, but we shouldn't be. This is the end result of a society that rejects sexual restraints in the name of diversity. When a 16-year-old boy is not safe from sexual solicitation from an elected representative of the people, we should question the moral direction of our nation. If our children aren't safe in the halls of Congress, where are they safe? Maybe it's time to question: when is tolerance just an excuse for permissiveness?"
OK, so let me get this straight: the fact that the Republican Party leadership in the House was rather less than aggressive in looking into a matter of a scumbag gay Congressman chasing a teenage boy is ... society's fault? Is the fault of gay people asking for tolerance?
Sometimes it's embarrassing to be a theocon. Maybe it's time to question: does the Family Research Council call the RNC to ask what it's principles are? If NOW had blamed society for Bill Clinton's dalliance with Monica Lewinsky, we'd have all hooted them out of the room, and deservedly so.
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Dang, KK beat me to it!
Rod, you don't help matters (nor encourage 'dialogue') when you conflate gay people with "a scumbag [closeted] gay Congressman chasing a teenage boy"
"Is the fault of gay people asking for tolerance?"
Again, we aren't asking for tolerance; we are asking for EQUALITY. It's supposed to be guaranteed to ALL people in the Constitution - the one you have now, before GWB mangles it.
"Sometimes it's embarrassing to be a theocon."
"SOMETIMES"???
"Maybe it's time to question: does the Family Research Council call the RNC to ask what it's principles are?"
Maybe it's time to answer: NO. They call the RNC and dictate to them what its "principles" should be. And therein lies the rub.>
Washington D.C. is a snake pit with power-hungry people who feel entitled to take what they want. Straight or gay, they often want sex. So they hit on the young things and we're shocked -- SHOCKED!
I'm not saying Foley or Stubbs or anyone else shouldn't be smacked by their parties, their constituents, and public opinion, but come on -- this isn't pedophilia, and if, as someone said earlier, 16 is the age of consent, then is it even illegal?
I do agree that our culture is swamped with rampant exploitative sexuality and that it would be a lot healthier if we'd rein it in a little. But IMO it's not "gay liberation" that's the problem. It's commercializing sex in general and sexualizing children in advertising. Which is done by corporate America.
HB>
Mark Levin over at NRO makes a critical point as well: if this was such an open secret, why didn't anyone else in the House say anything about it? The posts above indicate that everybody in Washington knew about Foley's sexual appetites, but no one speaks up until (dare I say it) it's a politically opportune time? That doesn't excuse the reprehensible behavior by Foley, but it certainly damns those who would claim that this was widely known yet did absolutely nothing about it.>
Mr. Dreher's reference to the "scumbag gay Congressman" Mark Foley weren't helpful but given that he was responding to Family Research Council President Tony Perkins' despicable attempt to lump us with the pedophiles any neighbor with a child would have the urge to shoot, I doubt he (Mr. Dreher, that is) that meant us any harm.
One need only refer to the following sentence, which refers to our push for "tolerance" (or, as one commentator more accurately noted, "equality"). Mr. Dreher obviously had no intention of blaming gays for Mr. Foley's actions.
I am gay, and more often than not, one who would oppose Mr. Dreher on most gay rights issues. He would not find me in his church and I would not find him in mine.
But on this he deserves our support and appreciation. Even if he harbors some anti-gay prejudices, Mr. Dreher is trying to keep them in check and do the right thing.>
It's completely legitimate, it's very important, to lambast anyone who takes advantage of people they have some kind of power/position over, to take advantage of a teenager as an adult with such a position, is a terrible ethical breach, it is scumbag behavior.
It's also completely legitimate to sort out what the facts are, and what the exact nature of the scumbaggery is.>
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