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Over the last seven days… Virginia: Pastor Tommy Shelton charged with seven felony counts of child molestation.Texas: Pastor Rico Dominic Escudero pleads no contest to numerous felony charges of kidnapping, child molestation, and criminal sexual conduct with minors under 13 years old.Italy: Seventeen molestation victims of Father Lelio Cantini demand his bishops resign for shielding him from prosecution.Arkansas: Christian school …

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.”

UDPATE: ZOMG!

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 …

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 …

Jo-Vanni Roman, the Rentboy.com escort hired by “ex-gay” activist Dr. George Rekers, revealed to the Miami New Times today that he and Rekers did indeed have sex (of sorts) on their ten day vacation through Europe. The male escort hired by anti-gay activist George Alan Rekers has told Miami New Times that the Baptist minister is a homosexual who paid …

With a screenshot of JMG, but no mention. Oh, well!

Concerned Biotches for America CEO Wendy Wright took the podium outside a DC courthouse yesterday in support of Bishop Harry Jackson’s bid to overturn marriage equality. The court heard testimony yesterday and will issue their ruling shortly. (Via – Good As You)

When the story broke yesterday that NARTH member and Family Research Council co-founder Dr. George Rekers had patronized a male prostitute, some of you noted his role is Florida’s campaign to maintain its ban on gay adoption. Towleroad recaps that for us this morning: “Rekers was one of only two witnesses Attorney General Bill McCollum called in an effort to …

On his personal website, homo-hooker loving Dr. George Rekers links to the Family Research Council’s “about” page to note his having been one of their co-founders. Whoops, he’s already been erased from the FRC’s site, not even 12 hours after the news broke that Dr. James Dobson’s one-time buddy has been having his sack lifted by a barely legal Latino …

NARTH and Family Research Council co-founder Dr. George Rekers has responded to my inquiry about where to find the hottest male prostitutes. After the above, he continues: I have spent much time as a mental health professional and as a Christian minister helping and lovingly caring for people identifying themselves as “gay.” My hero is Jesus Christ who loves even …

Happy Happy Joy Joy! Notorious NARTH member and vigorous gay adoption opponent Dr. George Rekers was caught by the Miami New Times as he returned from a ten-day vacation with a young male prostitute that he hired on Rentboy.com. On April 13, the “rent boy” (whom we’ll call Lucien) arrived at Miami International Airport on Iberian Airlines Flight 6123, after …

As expected, the wingnuts are leaping on the case of the British preacher arrested last week for calling homosexuality a sin. Yesterday it was the American Family Association, today it’s the Family Research Council. Via press release: Homosexuality may be a crime in God’s eyes, but saying so is a punishable crime in England. Last month, Dale McAlpine was on …

The Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal of a lower court’s ruling that the Boy Scouts of America are a religious organization. The earlier ruling came over a dispute about the Scouts renting city-owned land in San Diego. U.S. District Judge Napoleon Jones Jr. ruled in 2003 that San Diego acted improperly when it leased 18 acres of …

The American Family Association is quick out of the box to denounce the homofascists behind the arrest of a British preacher for calling homosexuality a sin. AFA radio host Bryan Fischer: I’ve often said we will have to choose between homosexuality and religious liberty, because we can’t have both. Every advance of the homosexual agenda comes at the expense of …

A British preacher has been arrested and charged with causing “harassment, alarm, or distress” after he was overheard reciting a list of sins that included homosexuality. Dale McAlpine was taken into custody after a gay police liaison officer overheard him and summoned regular cops. The 42-year-old Baptist, who has preached Christianity in Wokington, Cumbria for years, said he did not …

The Egyptian musicians union that oversees the concerts of foreign performers has banned Elton John from holding a concert there because of his recent comments about Jesus Christ. “How do we allow a gay, who wants to ban religions, claimed that the prophet Eissa (Jesus) was gay and calls for Middle Eastern countries to allow gays to have sexual freedom,” …