Lessons from George Rekers

Some of you have probably been following the sad story of George Rekers.

Rekers is a member of the board for National Association for Research & Treatment of Homosexuality (NARTH) and was part of the founding team of the Family Research Council (FRC) – a super-conservative political action and lobbying group with close ties to James Dobson and Focus on the Family. Rekers also regularly bashes gays in public and has said some petty nasty things about gays — like they are destroying society, etc.

It turns out that Rekers recently took a male escort he found on a gay website on a European vacation. You can read the articles and draw your own conclusions.

Are there any lessons to learn here?

There are the obvious ones… and I will leave those to other folks. But I think what is striking is that this was a guy who really believed the “science” and “faith” of change/healing from homosexuality and a prime spokesperson in the “ex-Gay” movement. 

One could look at this is as just hypocrisy (and there is a lot of that here) but I think it also points out the danger of the false hope that the ex-Gay movement offers. Stories of “ex-gay” folks “falling” again are rampant… at some point, one should probably question the “science” that this movement purports to follow.

Any other thoughts or lessons from Rekers situation?