Homophobia and Scares of Child Sex - The Next "Big" Rethug Scandal

[TheBigotBasher]

The Washington Times and Fox News are at it again. An Obama Tsar to be marred in scandal. This scandal has enough to get every red blooded Republican angry, but it is of course without serious foundation. That of course will not stop the calls for heads to roll.

Kevin Jennings is Assistant Deputy Secretary for the Department of Education’s Office of Safe & Drug Free Schools. He is gay. That has got every bigot group in the Country targeting him and the Washington Times has just sent out some red meat.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/28/at-the-presidents-pleasure/

The subheading gives the story away

'Safe school czar' encouraged child sex with an older man

A teacher was told by a 15-year-old high school sophomore that he was having homosexual sex with an "older man." At the very least, statutory rape occurred. Fox News reported that the teacher violated a state law requiring that he report the abuse. That former teacher, Kevin Jennings, is President Obama's "safe school czar.

The incident in question happened in 1989. Jennings was 24 and was a teacher in Massachusetts. A student of his, aged 15, told Jennings that he had sex with an older man in a bus depot restroom. The age of consent in Massachusetts is 16. No age of this "older man" is given, 16, 17, 20, 30 or 40. No details of how old this 15 year old will be provided by fox. 15 years and a day, or 15 years and 364 days. Technically it makes no difference if the older man was 16 and the 15 year old was 15 and 364 days. Most Republicans would however accept a sexual relationship between 15 year old nearing his sixteenth birthday and a girl of 16 or even 20. The homosexual nature of this will allow for no mitigation.

Although people may wish that teenagers are not sexually active, the fact remains they are. Jennings had however gained the trust of the boy. Trust he would have lost had he reported that to the police. In 1989, America was a very homophobic place to be. In part encouraged by the rise of the religious right. Had Jennings of gone to the police, he would have outed the boy at school.

Coming out is a difficult experience in itself. Being forced out by a teacher you trusted would have been devastating.

It would also have completely undermined the ability of Jennings to gain the trust of any of his pupils.

To say the least, notifying the authorities or ensuring the trust of your pupils would have been a difficult call. I say he got it right.

Watch Fox News and the right twist this. I fear we will cave on this, just as Van Jones and Acorn and give their baying hounds some more red meat.

crossposted on DU P

[zbdent]

1. But details and facts would ruin their happy little smear ...

[TheBigotBasher]

2. Facts? Complete information?

Who needs that? Yet again there is the Republican association with gays and paedophilia. It generates a great scandal, ruins a career of a great educationalist and possibly his life. Think of the reactions that he will get now. They may as well have accused him of having sex with under age boys.

[zbdent]

3. They'd better check in with that Republican Mark Foley

about having sex with underage boys ...

[TheBigotBasher]

5. The Moonie Times

is already comparing this story to Mark Foley

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/29/sex-scandal-double-standard/

[zbdent]

8. well, duh ... they're playing to their base who

will not acknowledge the difference between a 20 year old story (btw, how long ago did Laura Welch/Bush kill her ex-boyfriend, and how many hits on that are in google news?) from 1989 and a 24-year-old teacher, and a story from 1-2 years ago WHERE THE GUY COMMITTING THE ACTS WAS HEADING THE DEPARTMENT WHICH PUNISHES SAID CYBERSEX PEOPLE ...

[Smarmie Doofus]

4. GLSEN "promotes homosexuality in schools"?

>>>> In 2000, Mr. Jennings gave a talk to the Iowa chapter of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, an advocacy group that promotes homosexuality in schools. >>>>>>

Who knew.

The Jennings affair.... if you can call it that... will sort itself out; rather quickly, I suspect.

In the meantime: what an editorial. Sounds like it was *written* by a 15 y.o.


And you're telling me that people in DC... that is: our federal government... *read* this stuff and take it *seriously*?

[Toasterlad]

6. I Hope Obama Doesn't Strain Something Throwing Him Under the Bus.

Any hour now...

[CrunchMaster]

7. The Far Right Republican Molester Party, who can Beat it?

The Republi-CONS because they are the true child molester party par execellence are doing what they do best!!!

Casting blame on Democrats for some sin they do 10X better!
http://www.armchairsubversive.org/

The Republicans are on another "child molester" smearing kick

Neal Boortz recently....
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/09/14/boortz-child-molester/

ACORN Underage Prostitutes Sting....
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,548827,00.html

The Swiss arrested Roman Polanski for 1970s rape of 13yo
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/polanskicover1.html

Of course all of the really heinous abuse going on by the Far Right is being ignored:

Dyncorp + Child Prostitutes + Sex Slavery
http://www.insightmag.com/main.cfm/include/detail/storyid/163052.html
http://wwww.dailykos.com/story/2009/9/14/782049/-ACORN-vs.-DynCorp:-Which-one-actually-engages-in-sex-slavery

Xe(Blackwater) and Child Prostitution (why did Blackwater give itself a Chinese sounding name???)
http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/08/07/blackwater-provided-child-prostitutes/

ArmorGroup and Child Prostitutes
http://washingtonindependent.com/58491/whistleblowers-unveil-more-armorgroup-allegations

So its not surprising to see the Washington Times bringing up another child sex story... because that's what a Foreign Intelligence Front on American soil is supposed to do: Periodically remind American politicians that those sex tapes off in some foreign land still exist.

Did John Edwards every get his sex tapes back? WOOOWEEEE BOY, THAT WAS GODDAMN CLOSE. Almost got an American President with a sex tape in circulation.... they would have had that North Carolina farm boy bending every which way but loose!?!

When you see the Washington Times printing another sex story just think foreign blackmail... Reverend Moon, South Korean Intelligence, World Anti Commie League, Gladio, Blackmailed Politician Shitheads, Bo Hi Pak, Little Angels Dance Troupe, Koreagate, Watergate hotel, Debased Democracies.

[HopeOverFear]

9. I don't know ya'll...the Right might finally have something on Obama here

and they're not going to let up until Obama lets him go.