Busted! The Family Research Council knew about Foley.
by tonyahky
Sat Oct 07, 2006 at 06:08:32 PM PDT
Yep, you read it right. Seems like members of the Family Research Council, that bastion of "Christian purity" and "family values" knew Mark Foley had a habit of chasing after young boys.
And not one of them said a word until after the scandal broke.
Here's an excerpt from an October 3 interview Tony Perkins, president of the FRC, did with Chris Matthews of Hardball:
MATTHEWS: Do you think the leadership of the House should have acted when they saw that Mark Foley was spending an inordinate amount of time hanging around pages, just seemingly too interested in them? Is that enough for action?
PERKINS: Yes, I think there is, because in talking to some pages, you know--I`ve had people now on staff that used to be pages, and it was widely known to watch out for him, that he liked boys. And the question--and this question I asked ...
MATTHEWS: Well, was the reputation hanging on him that he bothered boys, that he spent too much time chatting with them, or tried to seduce them? What was the reputation?
PERKINS: Well, the reputation that he was a homosexual and that he liked to flirt and be very friendly with boys. And so pages were warned to watch out for him. And the question is, what did the leadership know? When did they know it? What did they do.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/10/7/21832/0030