It's so amazing how homophobic Fox news is. It claims that Department of Education official Kevin Jennings, in the words of Fox News host Bill Hemmer, knew of a "statutory rape" and "never reported it."
The claim was that a 16 years old boy had a sexual relations with an older man and Jennings asked him, "Are you using a condom?" That was the most sensible advice.
And remember, it is NOT illegal at all. It was perfectly legal in that state therefore it is NOT "statutory rape" and the so called "victim" lashed back saying:
"Since I was of legal consent at the time, the fifteen-minute conversation I had with Mr. Jennings twenty-one years ago is of nobody's concern but his and mine. However, since the Republican noise machine is so concerned about my "well-being" and that of America's students, they'll be relieved to know that I was not "inducted" into homosexuality, assaulted, raped, or sold into sexual slavery.
In 1988, I had taken a bus home for the weekend, and on the return trip met someone who was also gay. The next day, I had a conversation with Mr. Jennings about it. I had no sexual contact with anybody at the time, though I was entirely legally free to do so. I was a sixteen year-old going through something most of us have experienced: adolescence. I find it regrettable that the people who have the compassion and integrity to protect our nation's students are themselves in need of protection from homophobic smear attacks. Were it not for Mr. Jennings' courage and concern for my well-being at that time in my life, I doubt I'd be the proud gay man that I am today."
Fox News tirelessly advanced false accusation that Jennings covered up "statutory rape" | Media Matters for America
He should file a lawsuit against Fox news.
The claim was that a 16 years old boy had a sexual relations with an older man and Jennings asked him, "Are you using a condom?" That was the most sensible advice.
And remember, it is NOT illegal at all. It was perfectly legal in that state therefore it is NOT "statutory rape" and the so called "victim" lashed back saying:
"Since I was of legal consent at the time, the fifteen-minute conversation I had with Mr. Jennings twenty-one years ago is of nobody's concern but his and mine. However, since the Republican noise machine is so concerned about my "well-being" and that of America's students, they'll be relieved to know that I was not "inducted" into homosexuality, assaulted, raped, or sold into sexual slavery.
In 1988, I had taken a bus home for the weekend, and on the return trip met someone who was also gay. The next day, I had a conversation with Mr. Jennings about it. I had no sexual contact with anybody at the time, though I was entirely legally free to do so. I was a sixteen year-old going through something most of us have experienced: adolescence. I find it regrettable that the people who have the compassion and integrity to protect our nation's students are themselves in need of protection from homophobic smear attacks. Were it not for Mr. Jennings' courage and concern for my well-being at that time in my life, I doubt I'd be the proud gay man that I am today."
Fox News tirelessly advanced false accusation that Jennings covered up "statutory rape" | Media Matters for America
He should file a lawsuit against Fox news.
