Wait, I'm sorry, did anyone read the article? His lawyer's name is Earl Gray. His lawyer is named after a teabag. Seriously. Why must reality be so unintentionally hilarious?
At every turn the Assemblies of God refutes the practice, the acceptance, and the promotion of homosexuality, yet admonishes all Christians to reach out in love to all homosexuals...
Wait, do you refute the practice and acceptance of homosexuality, or do you reach out in love to all homosexuals? I'm confused. Not as confused as George Randall Scott, allegedly.
"Scott said he wanted to help the people he met and that their meetings would often end in prayer" -- well. I guess if you're on your knees, that could be described as "expressing your devotion."
Seriously though, if he was a police officer and no blowjobs were involved, these guys would still have been "stung" for soliciting sex with a minor*. What he did wasn't OK, but what they did [or thought they were doing] wasn't OK either.
*I googled "legal age of consent texas" and it's 17.
I'm guessing this is a semantical issue, but technically maybe it's not considered an abomination in teh eyes o' God, if'n you "stand with a man as with a woman", rather than "lie with a man as with a woman"?
Damn! Someone beat me to this. I read this in my local paper this morning. When I read the lawyer's name, I almost spewed my coffee.
The people in this town are so damned funny. It's all "fags" this and "sins" that, but if you look on our Craigslist, the vast majority of "casual encounters" posts are for men seeking men. Hardly any lesbians looking, decent amount for straight people, but the majority are gay/bisexual guys.
And of course, most of them are self-loathing closet cases, so they rarely call themselves bi or gay, they say "str8". Whatever that means.
@18- True, that's why my son's MIDDLE name is Earl Gray. Tiberius Earl Gray Haute, to be specific. He prefers to be called Earl, and just initializes his first name.
@18: I know a guy whose last name is Spornstarr. (Father's name is Starr, mother's name is Sporn.) I have no idea why they did that.
There also exist people named Benjamin Dover, Richard Head, etc.
As a guy who was raised in the Assemblies of God, and even attended an A/G college for two years, I can assure you that they have about as many closeted gay men as the Catholic church. As a teen, our church had at least three closeted youth ministers (all married, of course). The A/G reeks of hypocrisy. Always has, always will.
i like that word you coined there, gus, but i doubt the pedophile aspect is what got him off - i think he just set them up in such a way so he'd have something powerful to hold over them so they'd comply.
pedophilophilia ... you know it's gotta be a real thing for someone somewhere.
Having sex with 16 year olds does not make you a pedophile.
In many other states, the age of consent is 16, so in fact, you can do it with no legal ramifications at all, unless you're in a position of authority over them (e.g. you're their teacher or something).
Technically what those men were doing was illegal, but I don't think that it was necessarily wrong, unless they had ulterior motives in inviting a 16 year old for a hook up at their house, which is not the sort of thing that a 16 y/o ought to be agreeing to, for safety reasons.
I've been wondering about this since the recent podcast with a gay caller who hit on his straight friend and Dan advised him to just leave the offer on the table and the guy will call one day when he wants a 3 AM blowjob. So I have to ask: why would anyone want to give a blowjob to someone who isn't attracted to them? Sure, I get pleasure from giving my boyfriend a blowjob but that's because I'm either diddling myself at the same time, or I know I'm going to get laid soon thereafter, and - most importantly - I know he is enjoying it 100%. I wouldn't want to blow someone who just thought of me as a tongue and pair of lips, and is grossed out by me in all other respects....
**translation**
"We wouldn't need no lynchin' if them blacks wasn't so uppity."
I do like the assemblies of god line about "homosexuals were seldom challenged". I assume by "challenged", they mean "burnt at the stake."
Wait, do you refute the practice and acceptance of homosexuality, or do you reach out in love to all homosexuals? I'm confused. Not as confused as George Randall Scott, allegedly.
Seriously though, if he was a police officer and no blowjobs were involved, these guys would still have been "stung" for soliciting sex with a minor*. What he did wasn't OK, but what they did [or thought they were doing] wasn't OK either.
*I googled "legal age of consent texas" and it's 17.
just curious - did he meet his wife on rentboy.com?
The people in this town are so damned funny. It's all "fags" this and "sins" that, but if you look on our Craigslist, the vast majority of "casual encounters" posts are for men seeking men. Hardly any lesbians looking, decent amount for straight people, but the majority are gay/bisexual guys.
And of course, most of them are self-loathing closet cases, so they rarely call themselves bi or gay, they say "str8". Whatever that means.
"Doe said he chose to go inside" - What a fabulous way to end that paragraph!
Can't really get my head around all of this - could say it blew my mind, I guess.
There also exist people named Benjamin Dover, Richard Head, etc.
Somehow, that's a new one for me.
pedophilophilia ... you know it's gotta be a real thing for someone somewhere.
In many other states, the age of consent is 16, so in fact, you can do it with no legal ramifications at all, unless you're in a position of authority over them (e.g. you're their teacher or something).
Technically what those men were doing was illegal, but I don't think that it was necessarily wrong, unless they had ulterior motives in inviting a 16 year old for a hook up at their house, which is not the sort of thing that a 16 y/o ought to be agreeing to, for safety reasons.
But damn. Roughly 400 listings on mfm vs 150 for mff around Seattle. In Houston, roughly 450 vs 150. That's a lot of guys looking to suck some cock.