Dr. George Rentboy Rekers . . . again.

Dr. George Rekers had about slipped back into obscurity after the whirlwind of scandal that enveloped the retired "neuropsychologist," who was thrust into the spotlight of scandal when caught at the airport returning from a 10 day European vacation with a rentboy. There, exposed in all of his anti-homophobic hypocrisy, was the co-founder of the Family Research Council, advisory member of NARTH, and "expert witness" against gay adoptions in both Florida and Arkansas courts.

This today is only indirectly about Dr. Rekers, but it does resurrect the scandal. The Florida Attorney General's office contracted with Dr. Rekers to provide expert testimony to support the state's case that it is not in the best interest of children to be raised by two parents of the same sex. Reportedly he was paid over $100,000 by the state for this testimony.

That AG was Bill McCollum, who is now running for governor of Florida in the August Republican primary. At a public appearance, he was asked why he spent so much of the state taxpayer's money for such questionable evidence on the supposed dangers of gay adoption. [Actually, the evidence he peddles has been thoroughly discredited.]

McCollum's reply is astonishing. He must not have realized what he was revealing:

"He was the only available witness that had the credentials, willing to testify, and willing to produce the evidence. What we needed to have done was to put the records in the evidence."

If it's so hard to find anyone with credentials who is willing to testify to dubious "evidence," maybe that's because the evidence is not only dubious but outright invalid. And no scientist of any standing or integrity would have agreed to this testimony.

So, not only is Rekers a gay man himself and utilizer of the services of a gay "rentboy" -- but he's also a lousy scientist and scholar and must have the integrity of a newt.

Ralph