What’s Gay Got To Do With It?

There’s a basic dishonesty in much of the discussions of the nature of the revealing of the Foley transgressions and about the extent of prior follow-ups.

The basic transgression against common morality is not a homosexual matter per se. Yet, the discussions are obsessed with the gay aspects. Much the same occurs with respect to heterosexual predation by those in power.

That the Foley transgressions were investigated with less than retrospective fuller knowledge would require is laid at PC avoidance of gay-bashing. Meanwhile, Democrats who arise in ire at Republicans accused of not being more diligent about homosexual predation comes from many who arise in ire at discrimination against gays. That politicized ire is, ironically, feeding gay-bashing.

That the Foley transgressions involved homosexual activities has become the centerpiece of discussion as to by who and why the communications came to press attention. Democrat and Republican gays are at each other’s throats over manipulation of knowledge of who’s what and what they’re doing.

Seemingly lost in the political and pro- and anti-gay agenda shuffles is the simple fact that predators, both homo- and heterosexual, use their positions and power to get what they sexually want from the young, fooled or foolish. Laws are there to prevent and punish such predation, and apply whatever the sexual orientation.

It seems as if most commentators are trying to avoid the bigger issue, either out of the discomfort at how many of us have engaged in such behavior or discomfort at the larger number of heterosexuals, of all political persuasions, who may be exposed in less than flattering light.

I’m not, nor have I ever been, remotely gay, nor do I really understand it at all. It’s not something that I would encourage. But, I’ve always had male and female homosexual friends, and found their motivations and behaviors no different than the levels of morality among my heterosexual friends, for better and worse. I have the same fear and loathing for any of those of either orientation that would impose themselves on children or the impressionable young, and believe it’s necessary to maintain the highest diligence.

That’s extremely difficult in a culture that extols pornography and prurient arts coupled with hypocrisy among our leaders as to their less savory own behaviors.

Let’s get this expose right and not lose sight of the simple, central point: Sexual predation is unacceptable, by anyone, and should be uniformly dealt with seriously.