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Raid of Rentboy, an Escort Website, Angers Gay Activists
The New York Times ^ | Aug, 26, 2015 | STEPHANIE CLIFFORD

Posted on 08/27/2015 8:02:38 AM PDT by FR_addict

For some gay activists, it had shades of bathhouse raids and gay-bar roundups from decades ago. On Tuesday, federal authorities burst into the Union Square office of the gay-escort website Rentboy.com and arrested the chief executive and several employees on prostitution charges.

Rentboy, which federal authorities called the biggest male-escort website, had been around for almost two decades, allowing escorts to pay to advertise themselves. It was well known in the gay community, hosting pool parties, dances and awards shows throughout the country. ... Mr. Walls said: “As the investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security, ICE is responsible for the enforcement of laws that promote the legitimate movement of people, goods and currency in domestic and foreign transactions. Our allegation with this case is that the business and its principals purported itself to be an escort service while promoting criminal acts, namely illegal prostitution.” ...

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: homeland; homosexualagenda; newyork; newyorkcity; obama; prostitution; rentboy
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To: FR_addict

Homos think they are untouchable. Obama told them so.


41 posted on 08/27/2015 12:03:42 PM PDT by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: FR_addict
Something is strange about this case. Why is Homeland Security and ICE involved with male prostitution?

They have probably been directed to confiscate all Rentboy's files on Barack Obama.

If Opie he wasn't a customer he was probably a part-time Rentboy.


42 posted on 08/27/2015 4:01:52 PM PDT by Iron Munro (We may be paranoid but that doesn't mean they aren't really after us)
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To: sharkhawk

You’ve hit the nail on the head I’m afraid...


43 posted on 08/27/2015 6:06:19 PM PDT by weeweed (Proud Costco University graduate)
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To: DPMD

The new news is Bryce Williams owned gay websites (per CNN). I wonder if any were connected to rentboy.com.

I’m disgusted with the lady’s boyfriend and father they want to make her death a gun control issue within hours of her death.


44 posted on 08/27/2015 6:20:03 PM PDT by FR_addict (Boehner needs to go!)
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To: FR_addict

Truth be told people in our government have been using it.


45 posted on 08/27/2015 8:53:40 PM PDT by ColdSteelTalon (Light is fading to shadow, and casting its shroud over all we have known...)
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To: FR_addict
This is a hate crime by the administration.

According to the rules they impose on everyone else.

46 posted on 08/27/2015 9:34:21 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: FR_addict
...but...butt..

Homosexuals don't NEED sites like Rentboy anymore.

They have gay marriage!

47 posted on 08/27/2015 9:35:02 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: FR_addict

Well, this explains the pressure to legalize prostitution. I assume lowering, or eliminating, the age of consent is next.


48 posted on 08/28/2015 12:26:43 AM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: Vigilanteman

Why do they always say they’re not into underage males, when their papers make clear they are?


49 posted on 08/28/2015 12:30:19 AM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: NetAddicted

Probably because they are hoping that the normal crowd won’t read their papers?


50 posted on 08/28/2015 2:53:38 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: silverleaf

The Feds get involved because Homeland Security owns Immigration Control and Enforcement (ICE).

ICE gets called in whenever escort services are caught using illegal aliens.

The sex trade and human trafficking trade depend on illegal immigration.


51 posted on 08/28/2015 3:02:04 PM PDT by Southack (The one thing preppers need from the 1st World? http://tinyurl.com/ktfwljc .)
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