Monday, April 14, 2008

Gay Sex and Lots and Lots of Videotape

Yet another "family values" Republican has turned out to have an almost unquenchable thirst for gay sex. Bruce Barclay, a Republican commissioner of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (pictured at left with Karl Rove), was initially accused of rape -- of a man, no less -- and police, investigating the allegation of rape of the 20-year old found videotapes of hundreds of sexual encounters with men that Barclay had filmed on high-tech surveillance cameras. I'm not sure of the precise number of men he had sex with but the encounters are said to number between 100 and 500. The word hypocrite seems far too inadequate to describe someone like Barclay who is active in a political party that has the denigration and marginalization of gays as a party platform plank yet he's out having more gay sex than is imaginable by most gay guys. Here are some highlights:
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Barclay's lawyer issued a strong denial ("This accusation of rape is ludicrous It will be defended forever and is wrong."). But it was clear things were looking pretty dicey. Until... vindication! Well, sort of.
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On March 31st, police, investigating the allegation of rape by the 20-year old Marshall McCurdy, obtained a warrant to search Barclay's home. They didn't find evidence of rape. But they did find videotapes of hundreds of sexual encounters with men that Barclay had filmed on high-tech surveillance cameras. The cameras were hidden inside AM/FM radios, motion detectors and intercom speaker systems, among other places. There was also one at his business office.
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None of the subjects were aware they were being filmed and no permission had been obtained, Barclay admitted. According to a second warrant issued on April 9th, Barclay also admitted to hiring prostitutes on a weekly basis from the now-defunct website harrisburgfratboys.com.
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As so accurately noted by Blogernista:
It has been clear for a long time that Republicans are far more obsessed with gay sex than any of us card carrying militant homosexuals. In the light of day Republicans foam at the mouth about The Gay Agenda to destroy marriage and Western Civilization while behind closed doors they are engaging in amounts of gay sex that most of us don’t even dream of.

1 comment:

NG said...

And the guy who tried to hussle Barclay for some extra cash is a winner too.