A Republican candidate for the Delaware State Senate who boasted of being a member of the anti-gay Delaware Family Policy Council was indicted this week on multiple charges of engaging in unlawful sex acts with a 13-year-old boy.
The indictment came less than a week after Eric Bodenweiser, 53, abruptly dropped out of his race for a State Senate seat in a conservative-leaning district near Rehoboth Beach that includes the City of Georgetown.
The indictment includes 113 felony sex charges, including 39 counts of unlawful sexual intercourse — first-degree and 74 counts of unlawful sexual contact — second-degree. Although the indictment doesn’t identify the gender of the victim, the Gape Gazette identified the victim as a boy who allegedly was sexually abused by Bodenweiser between Oct. 1, 1987 and Aug. 31, 1990 when he was between the ages of 10 and 13.
You know one of the main talking points as to why homosexuals should be vilified and kept away from children is because a lot of people still equate being gay to simply being a deviant who are predisposed to do something terrible to innocent children. But the facts are that the LGBT community is no more, or less likely to be a pedophile than are those in the straight community.
But do you know which group evidence suggests is the MOST likely to be a threat to our children? The Christian conservative homophobe, that's who.
I think the evidence is almost overwhelming to suggest that anybody screaming about somebody else's "deviant" behaviors is more likely than not to be the one that you should never, and I mean never, turn your back on.
Do you know my favorite part of this story?
Democratic candidate Jane Hovington, who was expected to lose to Bodenweiser by a wide margin, is now the only candidate on the ballot in the race for the 19th Senate district. She is being challenged by Republican former Georgetown Mayor Brian Pettyjohn, who is running as a write-in candidate.
That my friends is karma coming back to bite the GOP right in their lily white asses for constantly fanning the flames of hate in order to get their people elected using that "family values" bullshit.
I hope they lock the pedophile up for life UNDERNEATH the jail. Isn't it ridiculous how all these criminal bastards always want to vilify perfectly innocent people just wanting to live their lives while they themselves run amok destroying lives?
ReplyDeleteLife? Oh, he won't live that long, not at all. Prisons are notoriously vicious when it comes to child sex abusers. Judge, jury and executioner all wrapped up in one.
DeleteThis poor kid had it start on him beginning at age 10. I pray that he can get proper counseling to help him progress through life. I wish the best for him and his family.
Huh. Surprised Rehibeth and Georgetown are conservative. It is known to have large homosexual population and vacation spot for glbt
ReplyDeleteJustice comes where one least expects it sometimes. I'm glad it worked out this way.
DeleteThat man is absolutely disgusting, and I hope they throw the biggest, heaviest book they can at him. And that, when in prison for life, he falls victim to the prison hierarchy, and suffers every single day while the guards turn a blind eye. I hope he doesn't receive any special treatment like solitary or whatnot because of his status as a politician.
ReplyDeleteFeed him to the sharks, I say.
"PettyJOHN"? Really?
ReplyDeleteAnd what angela l:12pm said.
The old ladies always said, “Don’t leave children alone with men.” They were talking about girls, generally, but I suspect some of them knew about men abusing boys.
ReplyDeleteAnd yet, many men are trustworthy and shouldn’t be part of a blanket condemnation.
I wish there was a way to sort this out ahead of time, especially with women having to work outside the home.
If anybody has any doubt over the depravity of the hypocritical republican party just check out this site: http://republicanoffenders.com/
ReplyDeleteHere is a quick copy and paste from that site answering why there is not a comparable Democratic site:
During my research the Justice Department provided a great resource for all
federal offenders and I could easily observe that prominent Republicans produce 3
to 5 times more federal indictments than Dems. It may be higher. But that’s not
the embarrassing part for conservatives. So far, I have only found a few prominent
democrats that are pedophiles. It’s a huge discrepancy. If I had enough time to
research specific clergymen and examine their political affiliations, the numbers of
republican pedophiles would skyrocket. If you haven’t looked into clergy and
sexual abuse, do a few dozen google searches and take the time to open your
eyes to the problem. It’s not just the Catholic church.
Doesn't surprise me. Democrats are FOR people. We think everyone deserves a shot. We respect kids and the elderly. What is the main goal of the GOP? Power and cash. That's it. No humanity, no idea how or why to help people. I hope this election is the beginning of the end of this despicable party. And yes, I am painting with a broad brush...I haven't found a decent Republican in the past two years.
DeleteHow many of those federal offender pedophiles are neither Republican or Democrat?
Deletewww.stopbaptistpredators.org has a massive list of preachers who have been arrested/convicted for pedophilia, incest, rape & murder.
Deletehome.conservativebabylon.com also has a massive list of "family values" ilk's crimes & perversion they've been arrested/convicted for as well.
Another list of 'family values' convicted pervs http://mojoey.blogspot.com/p/the-morally-corrupt.html
I guess www.stopbaptistpredators.org has some updating to do. THIS IS SICK!
Delete"Police told a reporter with CBS News affiliate KSWT Desert News Now that 43-yer-old Robert Warren, who’s worked at Valley Baptist Church for more than 20 years, was reported by the mother of a 14-year-old girl who claims she received items of a sexual nature from the man.
The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office says that Warren admitted it when confronted with the allegation. They did not describe exactly what type of sex toy was provided.
Pastor Glenn Conell reportedly told Desert News that he feels this incident was out of character for the longtime youth pastor, adding that the church is “standing behind” him, but will consider taking “appropriate” action pending the outcome of an investigation."
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/02/arizona-church-standing-behind-youth-pastor-who-gave-sex-toys-to-14-year-old-girl/
I hope he gets his salad tossed with a bastard file.
ReplyDeleteHe has such a kind face.
ReplyDeleteAnother Republican bites the dust!!! Are we surprised? So, so many of them are disgusting in the fact they have sexual relationships outside of their marriages, are homosexual (and don't admit it, but speak out against it!), don't follow the rules and laws (Bob Bell in Anchorage, AK as an example!), are anti womens rights, alcoholics (Boehner in Congress) and on and on.
ReplyDeleteVote very Republican out of office that you can in this upcoming election!!
This is just....uh...so...nasty! Yeah...what angela and Chella said!
ReplyDeleteBaby, you got that right. The more they scream the faster I run.
ReplyDeleteThis chart shows why the Obama Campaign says it will win Ohio.
ReplyDeletehttp://election.tumblr.com/post/34856918383/this-chart-shows-why-the-obama-campaign-says-it
I totally agree with your post, Gryphen, except:
ReplyDelete"But do you know which group evidence suggests is the MOST likely to be a threat to our children? The Christian conservative homophobe, that's who."
I'm pretty sure you pulled that out of your angry ass. It certainly seems that you're right, however, that's probably because we only hear about the ones who are proven pedophiles. We don't hear about proven non-pedophiles. If I'm wrong, please post the links to the studies. I'm a stickler for stat ethics.
Conservatives are notorious as kiddie-fiddlers. I heard that on Rush Limbaugh's radio show, so it must be true.
DeleteHahahaha! Yeah because Limpballs only speaks the truth.
DeleteAny organization that seeks to control it's members sexual freedom via making sex dirty or a sin causes said members (no pun intended) to act out their desires inn less than normal ways.
DeleteWhen an organization tells it's members that their sexual orientation is evil, the members will suppress it and act out on those who are less powerful than they are (women and children).
We see this all the time with both protestant, catholic, Muslim and Jewish religious people. It also happens in organizations like the Boy Scouts. The more repressive the religion, the more subversive the actions of it's secretly less "pious" members.
You're consistently extremely sensitive about your religion. Surely, if you had that much faith in the right-ness and goodness of your faith, you wouldn't consistently bristle and raise up on your haunches each time Gryphen raised a significant issue?
DeleteHe's on house arrest and guess who is speaking out to defend him? Christine I-am-not-a-witch O'Donnell. She said on the radio, "That’s why these sort of charges are so, are so potent as political weapons, because they put a seed of doubt in someone’s mind.
ReplyDeleteIf you do it as an October surprise, there’s not enough time between when they throw the bomb and Election Day for the truth to really emerge; and, um, it’s just, it’s tacky and it’s what’s happened to our political system."
So does she think it would have been less "tacky" to arrest him AFTER he was elected?
-Colleen
The maxim is true - the more they protest - more they are guilty of that which they accuse others.
ReplyDeleteAs sick at this is, even sicker are those who cover up these crimes, like the three Penn State guys under indictment in the Sandusky case (and there's no mention of religion in this one - surprise surprise!)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20120710_Penn_State_scandal_shows_sex-abuse_laws_can_backfire.html
Lock them all up and throw away the key
Off Topic-
ReplyDeleteThe retired ceo of Home Depot appeared in an ad in Pennsylvania paid for by a Romney PAC, where he slams Obama hard on his lack of business sense and anti-job creator policies.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/26/bernie-marcus-knocks-obama-adviser_n_909917.html
I know a lot of folks are buying storm repair supplies and stuff to fix their homes all the time. After seeing him defend Romney, I cancelled my Home Depot Charge Card and I'm voting with my dollars.
Can't find the ad on you tube, but here's the guy's Republican views and politics.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/26/bernie-marcus-knocks-obama-adviser_n_909917.html
Also, too, google Menards right wing if there are any of these stores in your area! Herb Cain campaign operatives involved in this from Alternet:
Delete"Major Retailer Urges Workers To Take 'Civics Course' With Anti-Obama Content
AlterNet uncovers an anti-Obama program linked to the Koch brothers' Americans for Prosperity, spoon-fed to employees of a major home-improvement chain.
October 31, 2012 |
If you live in the Midwest and you're working on a home-improvement project, you're as likely to do your shopping at a Menards store as at a Lowe's or Home Depot. With 270 stores and 40,000 employees , Menards is the third-largest home-improvement chain in the U.S., and one of the largest privately held corporations in the country. But Menards stores sell more than just lumber and building supplies; their employees are sold a bill of goods in the form of right-wing ideology. "
http://www.alternet.org/election-2012/major-retailer-urges-workers-take-civics-course-anti-obama-content
I don't shop at any of those big box hardware stores. i can find everything I need at my smaller local hardware store and they can order it for me if they don't carry it in the store.
DeleteI have not been to one of those horrible places in ages. Screw them.
working at My-nards fucking sucked
ReplyDeleteThese Menards any relation to Track's biological father?
ReplyDeleteFamily Values POS Greg Peterson: Utah Mormon GOP Tea Party Activist, Romney fund raiser was arrested for Kidnapping, Beating & Raping - at gun point - five women (whom he met at Mormon singles wards and on Mormon dating sites)
ReplyDeletenews & update links: http://archive.sltrib.com/?searchoption=articles&keyword=Greg+Peterson
Focus on Family & Pat Robertson’s hired bible bigot in-house lawyer James Henderson....a big gun totin’ rabid anti-equal rights constitutional attorney, married with 8-children was outed by his teen boy lovers who discovered who he was then outed his lecherous life in many photos they took while with him along with his emails & text messages to his boy toys:
Exposed Politics and The Patriot-Ombudsman — published troves of information about Henderson and his relationship with two teen boys.
http://www.exposedpolitics.com/exposures/prominent-aclj-attorney-may-have-secret-life-with-young-boys/
Henderson used cell phone texts & his Facebook account to communicate with the two men. Conversations published indicate that Henderson's posts/messages show he provided the young men, who appear to be possibly younger than 21, with booze & pot ... he even told them when he had to be in court (as Family Values POS)
Pat Robertson & Family Values fired him but have not spent any time bashing him as they demand their believers bash everyone else .