Conservative Group Examines 'Real Issue' in Foley Case

[RedEarth]

Conservative Group Examines 'Real Issue' in Foley Case
By Susan Jones
CNSNews.com Senior Editor
October 03, 2006

(CNSNews.com) - "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," a conservative advocacy group said on Monday. The group also said Foley's behavior raises the "real issue" of homosexuality and child abuse.

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins noted that so many people -- Republicans and Democrats -- are "shocked" by former Rep. Mark Foley's sexually explicit instant messages to a teenage boy -- a House page at the time.

But we shouldn't be shocked, Perkins said: "This is the end result of a society that rejects sexual restraints in the name of diversity. 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?"

Perkins said both political parties need to be more serious about protecting children from sexual predators. "We need public policy in our country that protects marriage, respects parental authority and aggressively polices boundaries around our children," he said.

Perkins also questioned what he calls the "real issue" in the Foley case - the link between homosexuality and child abuse. Perkins noted that Foley - an unmarried 52-year-old representative - has always refused to answer questions about his sexual orientation, but the release of Foley's messages to teenage male pages now makes it clear that "Foley is a homosexual with a particular attraction to underage boys."

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200610/CUL20061003b.html

[mzteris]

1. Here it comes

the attack on gays.

:banghead:

[C_U_L8R]

6. they sacrificed one of their own

to launch the god guns and gays strategy (again)

guns are next up

[KittyWampus]

11. that is an absurd proposition. And it's easy enough to turn their bigotry

back on them now.

Are THEY like Foley? Is THAT why they insist on dragging the bogus 'gay' issue into child predator discussions?

Maybe they are filled with sexual predators.

[KittyWampus]

7. Listen, let's turn this around & insinuate this group's filled w/predators

after all, they scream as loudly as Foley and with as much venom. Maybe they are trying to hide something.

Understand?

People who really care about protecting kids don't drag the 'gay' canard into the discussion.

People who drag the bogus 'gay' issue into the discussion are probably trying to hide something.

[Toots]

13. No it is an attack on tolerance

As if the Democrats that preach tolerance had anything to do with this..Foley did all they wanted him to do except practice what he preached. Now they are blaming him on the Democrats...typical..

[KittyWampus]

2. Knew this would happen. Apparently, the group is filled w/ closeted gays

or maybe, its filled with child predators. They should investigate their own group.

[truthisfreedom]

3. the "real issues" in the Foley case are that the rethug leadership purpose

-fully ignored the "way over-the-top" evidence provided to them and didn't step in to protect our children from this menace.

and that's it. dude is a criminal, and they DIDN'T CARE.

[Jacobin]

4. Bullshit

(If I may say so)

Its people in power covering for illegal and inappropriate behavior for other people in power.

[nam78_two]

5. wow how very unpredictable

I would never have seen that one coming....
sheesh.....

[Ganja Ninja]

8. Tony Perkins sounds just like Mark Foley.

Better have him checked out.

[KittyWampus]

12. EXACTLY! That very short statement will shut these fuckers up right quick

[LeftHander]

9. The real term is sicko...not homo

Men who have sex with underage boys are criminals.

Trying to shift blame onto the gay community is bullshit.

Orientation has noting to do with someone who preys on teenage boys.

[melnjones]

10. Lord have mercy...

Wow.

[Solly Mack]

14. Yes..let's persecute the GLBT community..that'll really solve the problem

we need a diversion and a scapegoat...anything but take action against those who should have acted and didn't.

Let's not address the real problem...Congress critters who abuse their office...who abuse the trust...who take advantage of young people.

Let's just blame the GLBT community. It's ever so much easier.

[wtmusic]

15. Lesson #1 in "How to Enter a State of Denial and Twist Facts 180°

to Justify Your Fucked-Up Agenda". :rofl:

[magellan]

16. Simple retort

Then why are the majority of pedophiles STRAIGHT, married with children, nominally hetero?

The people who'll buy into Perkins' bigoted BS don't need him to tell them what to believe. They're already on the gay = pedophile bandwagon, even though the sheer volume of evidence shows them to be reacting out of their own bigotry, not fact.