Joseph Farah, editor of the socially
conservative World Net Daily news site, has claimed that increasing
support for gay rights is to blame for the Jerry Sandusky child abuse
scandal, media watchdog RightWingWatch.org
reported.
Sandusky, a former coach at Penn State,
has been accused of sexually molesting at least 8 underage boys,
charges Sandusky has denied.
In an op-ed
published Thursday, Farah argued that gay rights activists are
creating “an environment conducive for predators of children.”
“But now that being accused of
homophobia is considered an offense, while practicing homosexuality
is considered a virtue, should it really surprise anyone that such
behavior would go unreported or unchallenged for so long?” Farah
rhetorically asked.
“The more our society condones and
glorifies aberrant sexual behavior, the more of it we will see.
Period. End of story.”
“Let's stop acting like idiots by
addressing symptoms of a much deeper problem when most everyone knows
why we're seeing an explosion of predatory sexual acts on innocent
children everywhere – in churches, in schools and in academia,”
he added.
(Related: Michael
Brown likens Jerry Sandusky abuse scandal to gay history law.)