{"id":13529,"date":"2010-05-06T15:29:29","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T21:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=13529"},"modified":"2010-05-06T15:29:29","modified_gmt":"2010-05-06T21:29:29","slug":"christian-right-leader-george-rekers-takes-vacation-with-rent-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=13529","title":{"rendered":"Christian right leader George Rekers takes vacation with &#8220;rent boy&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Penn Bullock and Brandon K. Thorp, Miami New Times, 6 May 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_13530\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/4767697.87.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13530\" data-attachment-id=\"13530\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?attachment_id=13530\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/4767697.87.jpg?fit=565%2C424\" data-orig-size=\"565,424\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Brandon K. Thorp \" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;George Rekers and &#8220;Lucien&#8221; at Miami International Airport.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/4767697.87.jpg?fit=300%2C225\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/4767697.87.jpg?fit=565%2C424\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13530\" title=\"Brandon K. Thorp \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/4767697.87.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/4767697.87.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/4767697.87.jpg?resize=150%2C112 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/4767697.87.jpg?w=565 565w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">George Rekers and Lucien at Miami International Airport.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>The pictures on the <a href=\"http:\/\/rentboy.com\/\">Rentboy.com<\/a> profile show a shirtless young man with delicate features, guileless  eyes, and sun-kissed, hairless skin. The profile touts his &#8220;smooth,  sweet, tight ass&#8221; and &#8220;perfectly built 8 inch cock (uncut)&#8221; and explains  he is &#8220;sensual,&#8221; &#8220;wild,&#8221; and &#8220;up for anything&#8221; \u2014 as long you ask first.  And as long as you pay.<\/p>\n<p>On April 13, the &#8220;rent boy&#8221; (whom we&#8217;ll call Lucien) arrived at Miami International Airport on Iberian Airlines Flight 6123, after a ten-day, fully subsidized trip to Europe. He was soon followed out of customs by an old man with an atavistic mustache and a desperate blond comb-over, pushing an overburdened baggage cart.<\/p>\n<p>That man was George Alan Rekers, of North Miami \u2014 the callboy&#8217;s client and, as it happens, one of America&#8217;s most prominent anti-gay activists. Rekers, a Baptist minister who is a leading scholar for the Christian right, left the terminal with his gay escort, looking a bit discomfited when a picture of the two was snapped with a hot-pink digital camera.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.miaminewtimes.com\/2010-05-06\/news\/christian-right-leader-george-rekers-takes-vacation-with-rent-boy\/1\">Read the report<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Penn Bullock and Brandon K. Thorp, Miami New Times, 6 May 2010 The pictures on the Rentboy.com profile show a shirtless young man with delicate features, guileless eyes, and sun-kissed, hairless skin. 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