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Anti-Gay Activist Resigns Post After Holiday with Male Escort

HeadlineMay 13, 2010

The prominent anti-gay rights activist who recently vacationed in Europe with a gay male escort has resigned from the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality. In a statement, George Rekers denied engaging in homosexual behavior. The Miami New Times recently reported that Rekers’s vacation companion was an escort hired through “Rent Boy dot com,” which bills itself as the world’s largest gay escort site. Rekers has maintained he hired the escort to help him carry his luggage. Rekers was a founder of the Family Research Council with the well-known anti-gay evangelist James Dobson.

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