Has anyone felt a little "recruity" lately? According to Rep. Ken Peterson, (R-Billings), apparently Teh Homosexual Menace has been hard at work (but he doesn't have personal knowledge of this, ahem). (The Missoula Independent via Unicorn Booty):
According to Peterson, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, there are at least two prosecutable offenses-felonies punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $50,000 fine. One is the "recruitment" of non-gays. "Homosexuals can't go out into the heterosexual community and try to recruit people, or try to enlist them in homosexual acts," Peterson says. He provides an example: "'Here, young man, your hormones are raging. Let's go in this bedroom, and we'll engage in some homosexual acts. You'll find you like it.'" Peterson hasn't actually seen this happen, he says, because "I don't associate with that group of people at all... I've associated with mainstream people all my life."WTF? So will Peterson be the arbiter of what kind of same-sex kissing is a violation? Unicorn Booty thought the same thing I did when I saw a photo of Peterson:The other offense, in Peterson's legal opinion, is the public display of homosexuality, since he believes the Supreme Court's decision only applies to private acts behind closed doors. Being gay in public, he says, is a wholly different matter:
"In my mind, if they were engaging in acts in public that could be construed as homosexual, it would violate that statute. It has to be more than affection. It has to be overt homosexual acts of some kind or another... If kissing goes to that extent, yes. If it's more than that, yes."
Is it just us, or are the only people who actually make asinine statements like this that suggest being gay is a daily choice actually closeted homosexuals? If I was a betting man, I would put twenty bucks down on Rep. Peterson getting caught up in a gay sex scandal before his time in office is up.
