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Everybody’s least favorite homosexual, the publicly shamed Dr. George Rekers, has resigned from the board of directors of NARTH, the nation’s most repulsive “ex-gay” organization. Talking Points Memo has the story: NARTH vice president of operations David Pruden tells TPMmuckraker that Rekers first offered his resignation last Thursday, and officially resigned today. NARTH is a group that promotes the idea …

Today the Florida Tribune revealed that Attorney General Bill McCollum actually wrote a letter to the Department of Children and Families in which he “strongly” urged the hiring of Dr. George Rekers for the state’s battle to maintain their ban on gay adoption. McCollum wrote a July 2007 letter to then DCF Secretary Bob Butterworth where he said his legal …

Brandon Thorp and Penn Bullock, the young freelancers who exposed Dr. George Rekers, say they didn’t want to out rentboy Jo-Vanni Roman in the process. In fact, they expected gays everywhere to help cloak Roman’s identity. Via Norm Kent at South Florida Gay News: A gay blog site, Unzipped.net, was dissatisfied that the New Times feature refused to reveal the …

As our “Facebook riot” continues on Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum’s campaign page, yesterday he issued a statement of regret over the hiring of Dr. George Rekers. “I will not do it again,” McCollum said, but defended his agency’s handling of the case, and steered the blame toward the Department of Children and Families, which he said hired him. “I …

Head over to Rob Tisinai’s blog and read some excerpts from the 2008 gay adoption trial in Florida where “expert witness” Dr. George Rekers testified against a gay couple attempting to adopt two young brothers. We’ve had a lot of fun at Rekers’ expense here over the last week, but let’s not lose sight of the evil he has perpetrated …

“If Kagan is practicing immoral sexual behavior, it reflects on her character as a judicial nominee and her personal bias as potentially one of the most important public officials in America. The popular mantra — even among conservatives — is that Kagan’s sexuality is ‘irrelevant.’ But a Justice Kagan would help decide some critically important constitutional issues dealing with: homosexual …

Hilarious parody site Christwire on the Dr. George Rekers scandal: The proof of Dr. Rekers’ heterosexuality is in his supreme fight against the radical gay agenda. His deeds– his Evangelical writings and teachings– affirm a life lived under Christ’s laws. The power of his righteousness shines on the faces of the thousands upon thousands of people he has touched and …

Musical satirist M. Spaff Sumsion, whose work is often heard on the Dr. Demento Show, has weighed in on the George Rekers scandal with Rentboy, an actually rather lovely (and hilarious) tune based on the Beatles’ This Boy. Lyrics to Rentboy. Download Rentboy.

San Francisco performance artist Philip Huang gives us his take on the Dr. George Rekers scandal. I love it.

Rentboy.com has posted a response to the Rekers scandal. At Rentboy.com, it is our policy to protect the privacy of any escort advertising his services on our site–the same goes for clients. Information exchanged between consenting adults meeting on our site remains private. Mr.Rekers has built a highly public, lucrative career out of shaming gay men and women. If it …

What a disappointment CNN’s coverage was tonight. But WOW, did Rachel Maddow ever hit it out of the park! JMG reader Curtis observed on Facebook: “The difference in reporting between the two is notable. Probably not coincidental that one is out and one is not.”

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Tune into Anderson Cooper 360 at 10pm tonight as Jo-Vanni Roman, Dan Savage, and anti-“ex-gay” activist Wayne Besen rip into the NARTH/Family Research Council scandal enveloping Dr. George Rekers. Must see TV, y’all! UPDATE: Feh!

Has another one of Dr. George Rekers’ rentboys surfaced? A man calling himself Chaz, who says he’s a “former porn star,” announced on his blog today that many years ago he too was hired for sexytime by Dr. George Rekers. In a city, in the USA, when I was in my 20’s, I committed the illegal act of prostitution with …

As you might expect, Craig Ferguson delivers the funniest take on the Rekers scandal. Starts at the 2:00 mark.

I’ve had a couple more phone conversations with Jo-Vanni today. He reports that his interview with CNN this morning “went pretty well,” but that they gave him no indication when it will air. (I’ve emailed my contact at CNN to ask.) And they apparently will show him on camera. In the meantime, I’ve got Father Tony working in Fort Lauderdale …

Around 1am this morning I got tipped by one of the guys at Unzipped that Jo-Vanni Roman was finally ready to speak with me. Five minutes later I had him on the phone from Fort Lauderdale, but not before I alerted Father Tony to be ready to rush over to him immediately for a video interview. Jo-Vanni declined to meet …

NARTH has responded to the prostitution scandal enveloping their star performer, Dr. George Rekers. While NARTH is focused on the science of homosexual attraction, personal controversies often deepen the existing cultural divide on this issue. Such is the case in the recent news stories concerning one of our members, Dr. George Rekers. NARTH takes seriously the accusations that have been …

In a letter written to the Miami Herald’s LGBT issues blogger, Steve Rothaus, Dr. George Rekers is threatening a lawsuit against the Miami New Times for calling him a homosexual. According to Rekers, rentboy Jo-Vanni Roman called him today begging to him to tell the world that he was not hired to be a prostitute. Rekers says: If today’s news …

“Despite the familiar human desire to throw the stone in my hand at Dr. Rekers, I cannot. He is a human who seems to have made a mistake. He is a Christian who seems to be guilty of practicing what he has preached against. It is that fact that alone causes the deepest feelings of anger to arise no matter …