Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Gay Adoption

Frank Lombard, you may or may not have heard from the major media, is the associate director of Duke University's Center for Health Policy who, over the internet, recently offered his five year-old adopted son to pedophiles who wished to molest him. Lombard himself has admitted to molesting the boy and photographs have been found of his cruel perversions.

Lombard and his gay partner (who seems to have been unaware of Lombard's behavior) adopted the boy, a fact which may explain the media's reluctance to make much of the story, since it certainly wouldn't do much to advance the cause of gay adoption. Mike Adams points out that the child is black and goes on to write that:

If this case goes to trial, it could be an interesting one to watch. But it will be just as interesting to watch the Duke faculty respond to these allegations. It didn't take them long to respond when several white Duke Lacrosse players were accused of raping a black stripper. A whopping 88 professors signed a statement accusing the players of both racism and rape. Such was their regard for the presumption of innocence.

Perhaps even more stunning was the response of some professors after it became apparent that the white lacrosse players were innocent. After that became so obvious the school had to readmit the students, Professor Kate Holloway resigned her committee assignments in protest.

So it will be interesting to see how Duke faculty members respond to Frank Lombard. Because he is white, Lombard is fair game at Duke, isn't he? But Lombard is also gay, so will that complicate things?"

I think it much more likely that if this case goes to trial it will make nary a ripple on the evening news. If white males are accused of raping a black female then that's worth 24/7 coverage, but if a gay white man rapes a black child, well, those things happen, unfortunately, and we really shouldn't try to draw any larger meaning from it. So let's all move on to more important matters like what Michael Jackson will be wearing at his viewing.

RLC