I seriously have to wonder, given the information that has come out recently.
It is curious why White House officials and Education Secretary Arne Duncan believe it’s worth it politically to continue taking arrows for defending Kevin Jennings, who is Mr. Obama’s controversial “safe schools czar.” The evidence suggesting he is unfit to serve as a senior presidential appointee is startling and plentiful. It was revealed this week that Mr. Jennings was involved in promoting a reading list for children 13 years old or older that made the most explicit sex between children and adults seem normal and acceptable. This brought up anew Mr. Jennings’ past controversies, such as his seeming encouragement of sex between one of his high school students and a much older man as well as his praise for Harry Hay, a notorious supporter of the North American Man Boy Love Association.
But there is more. There are shocking new revelations this week of tape recordings from a youth conference involving 14-year-old students. The conference, billed as a forum to encourage tolerance of homosexuality, was sponsored by Mr. Jennings’ organization and was held at Tufts University in March 2000. Mr. Jennings was executive director of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) from its founding in 1995 until August 2008. The conference sessions appear to have had less to do with promoting tolerance and more to do with teaching children how to engage in sex.
The worst thing about this situation is that the Obama administration is protecting the guy. Is Mr. Jennings the kind of person you would trust with your kids? What does this say about Obama’s judgment of character? Even if you excuse the appointment as a mistake due to incompetence and lack of vetting, the way Obama’s administration defends and protects this man, who may very well be a pedophile, is just unfathomable.
This is something far bigger than the Joycelyn Elders scandal, that was a major headache for President Clinton, yet, Barack Obama is hardly sweating over this Kevin Jennings situation, and beside FOX News, who is even really reporting on it?
So, let’s start asking the questions that need to be asked. Why, would Jennings promote, what is essentially pedophilia, if he is not a pedophile himself? It’s one thing to nominate tax cheats to your cabinet, it’s another thing entirely to appoint a pedophile to a high level non-accountable position in federal government.
Obama needs to explain himself.
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