A pro-family group is demanding that President Bush remove a pornographic picture of Mr. Bush that has been making the rounds of gay web sites for weeks. The Coalition for Traditional Values, a conservative Christian organization that supports a return to a theocratic form of government, became aware of the xxx-rated picture after its chairman encountered it on a gay website.
Innocent web surfing leads to political fallout
WASHINGTON, DC—A pro-family group has issued a strong denunciation of President George Bush for appearing in a pornographic picture that has been making the rounds of gay websites for weeks. The Coalition for Traditional Values, a conservative Christian organization that promotes a return to the theocratic principles upon which this country was founded, recently became aware of the xxx-rated picture after its chief encountered it on a gay website.
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Rev. Roy DeLong, the founder and chairman of the Washington-based Coalition for Traditional Values (CTV) says that he stumbled upon the steamy shot of President Bush being "serviced" by two other men while monitoring several gay websites as part of research he's conducting for a forthcoming book: Pink Picket Fences: Planning for a Gay America (Regnery, 2005). Explains Rev. DeLong: "It's important to get as close to this deviant life style as possible if you're really going to understand it." He declined to disclose the specific websites on which he encountered the picture on grounds of research-related privacy.
An uncomfortable position
Rev. DeLong made his displeasure known to the President in a late night phone call to Mr. Bush earlier this week. He refused to say what the two men talked about, but says that he's still pressing the President to meet with him in order to discuss the issue face to face. While other prominent conservative Christian groups including the American Family Association, Focus on the Family, and the Family Research Council have taken firm stands against pornography, Rev. DeLong and his organization are believed to be the only group that has gone on record against this particular example of pornography.
Hot, red, and ready
According to Todd Fox, the editor of the popular conservative website The Swift Report, the xxx-rated shot has been making the rounds of virtual gay watering holes for weeks. "It's not hard to see why this shot is so popular," says Fox, an ex-gay since 1998 who continues to keep a close eye on the gay community. "While kneeling before and unzipping the leader of the free world has been a gay fantasy for many, few have put into words the desire of being on the receiving end of the Rove Bush tag team."
Posed or au naturel?
Just how did get the sexy shot of the Commander in Chief make its way onto the websites of millions? Some beltway watchers surmise that Mr. Bush may have leaked it himself in order to boost his popularity among gay men, a constituency that has been less than hot for the President of late. Savvy politicos say that while Mr. Bush's right flank may have no love for the lavender set, the President himself has a soft spot for homosexuals dating back to his days (and nights) in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. A shot of the President in a sympathetic pose, they say, may go a long way towards neutralizing the current anti-sodomy climate on Capitol Hill.
Take it off
This is not the first time that Rev. Roy DeLong and his Coalition for Traditional Values have butted heads with the President. In January, Rev. DeLong sent a letter to the White House warning that the inaugural attire of Mr. Bush's twin daughters was an affront to values voters. Earlier this year, Rev. DeLong criticized the First Lady after she made a series of jokes that he considered a threat to the President's masculinity.
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First of all, the picture(s) are very inappropriate. Secondly, I don't for one minute believe they are genuine. These pictures are fake. President Bush has been in office for eight years and has not had any problem with moral issues. I find it very disturbing that in the last few months of his presidency pictures such as these would surface to try to smear him. I think this is in very poor taste for your group to post such smut.
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Posted by: Teresa | November 05, 2008 at 07:57 PM
Is DeLong gullible? Or is Mrs. Fannie Farmer? Only Jeebus knows for sure!
Posted by: JillK | August 19, 2005 at 03:48 PM
What reason is there to think that this is genuine? In this age of photo fakery, I think the presumption has to be that this is a forgery. DeLong must be very gullible to take this kind of "evidence" seriously.
Posted by: Fannie Farmer (Mrs.) | August 18, 2005 at 07:16 PM