Psychiatrist: ‘There Is No Gay Gene’

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Dr. Paul R. McHugh, the Distinguished Service Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University and former psychiatrist–in-chief for Johns Hopkins Hospital, who has studied sexuality for 40 years, said it is a scientific fact that “there is no gay gene.”

“Environment,” however, “is very important,” said Dr. McHugh, author of The Mind Has Mountains: Reflections on Society and Psychiatry. He also explained that the permissive sexual culture in the United States today has confused “desire” with “love,” and that homosexuality is a false or “erroneous desire.”

In an interview with Virtue Online: The Voice for Global Orthodox Anglicanism, reporter Lydia Evans asked Dr. McHugh, “How do you view the popular assumption that science has somehow proven that sexual orientation is determined early in childhood, if not before birth?”

Dr. McHugh, who ended the sexual reassignment surgery program at Johns Hopkins because it was not helping the patients, answered, “Well, as I have said, there is no gay gene. And there are factors more influential than biology.”

“The best data, of course, [comes from the Framingham Study],” said Dr. McHugh. “If you are a man and you grow up in a rural environment, you are four times less likely to have homosexual relationships than if you grow up in a metropolitan area. That’s not left-handedness.” (Read more from “Psychiatrist: ‘There Is No Gay Gene'” HERE)

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Seattle TSA Worker Arrested on Voyeurism Charge

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A Transportation Security Administration agent in Seattle was arrested after allegedly being spotted using a phone to take video up a woman’s skirt at the city’s airport, according to authorities.

Nicholas Fernandez, 29, was arrested on a charge of voyeurism Tuesday, Seattle police said in an arrest report. The incident occurred on an escalator, and not in a security line . . .

“When such conduct is alleged, TSA investigates it thoroughly. When appropriate, TSA requests that it be investigated by a law enforcement authority. When an investigation finds that misconduct has occurred, the appropriate action is taken.”

Fernandez has been removed from screening duties and he has been suspended without pay, the agency said.

According to an arrest report, the TSA was investigating information it received that Fernandez, who works at Seattle Tacoma International Airport, might have taken inappropriate photos of women. (Read more from “Seattle TSA Worker Arrested on Voyeurism Charge” HERE)

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College Football Star Says He Raped Woman as Payback for ‘400 Years of Slavery’

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I will give you all the money in my pockets right now if this isn’t one of the most racist things you’ve ever read, also the most disgusting, vile, and evil things. A football player violently raped a woman (heinous enough as it is) and justified it thusly: “that’s for 400 years of slavery.”

If your eyes just popped out of your head and rolled across the floor, go pick them up. Dust them off. Put them back in your head. Because no, you didn’t read that wrong. This football player actually used that “justification” for his terrible act.

“Mr. Batey continued to abuse and degrade me, urinating on my face while uttering horrific racial hate speech that suggested I deserved what he was doing to me because of the color of my skin. He didn’t even know who I was” . . .

On Friday, multiple sources confirmed to The Tennessean the statement Batey made. “That’s for 400 years of slavery you b—-,” Batey said, according to the sources.

Thankfully, Corey Batey was sentenced to 15 years of prison in what the judge called “one of the saddest cases that I have ever encountered.” Unfortunately, it’s not under the prison where he belongs. We could spend days describing the place where this monster belongs. Days. I’ll give you a hint as to what I’m thinking: this place involves fire. Lots of fire. (Read more from “College Football Star Says He Raped Woman as Payback for ‘400 Years of Slavery'” HERE)

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Atlanta Mayor Flatly Rejects Demand From Local ‘Black Lives Matter’ Group to Cut Ties With ‘Apartheid Israel’

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The mayor of Atlanta on Monday flatly refused a demand by protesters associated with the Black Lives Matter movement to terminate the local police force’s cooperation and training with Israel.

Mayor Kasim Reed denied the request at a meeting with members of #ALTisReady — self-described as a “collective of student activists, community organizers and leaders working to amplify Black and other marginalized voices in Atlanta” — to discuss improving the relationship between police and the community, a week after hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Georgia governor’s mansion . . .

In a press conference following the meeting, Kasim told reporters:

There was a demand that I stop allowing the Atlanta Police Department to train with the Israeli Police Department. I’m not going to do that. I happen to believe that the Israeli Police Department has some of the best counter-terrorism techniques in the world and it benefits our police department from that long-standing relationship. That was a specific demand.

Over the last several months, the Black Lives Matter movement has become closely aligned with anti-Zionist and antisemitic movements, most notably the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) initiative. The logic behind the connection between the groups, according to anti-Israel activists, is that both are representing and defending dark-skinned minorities against oppressors. (Read more from “Atlanta Mayor Flatly Rejects Demand From Local ‘Black Lives Matter’ Group to Cut Ties With ‘Apartheid Israel'” HERE)

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George W. Bush’s Chief Speechwriter Calls Melania’s Speech A “Staff Failure”

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In the wake of the media maelstrom over Melania Trump’s lifting of several passages from a speech Michelle Obama gave in 2008, I reached out to Michael Gerson, the chief speechwriter for George W. Bush. My goal in talking to Gerson, who is now a syndicated columnist with the Washington Post, was to get a better understanding of how something like this could happen, who should be blamed and what it said about the broader Trump campaign. Our conversation, conducted via email and edited only for grammar, is below . . .

[FIX]: Who, ultimately, is to blame for plagiarism like this? The candidate? The campaign manager? The speechwriter? The spouse?

[Gerson]: This was a staff failure, indicating a weak campaign apparatus . . .

An error like the one Melania Trump committed last night tells us that the Trump campaign lacks seriousness and structure, which is also demonstrated by its divisive style, weak ground game and poor fundraising numbers. (Read more from “George W. Bush’s Chief Speechwriter Calls Melania’s Speech A “Staff Failure” HERE)

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Kansas City, Kansas, Police Captain Shot Dead

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A police captain was shot and killed Tuesday while responding to a drive-by shooting in Kansas City, Kansas, prompting members of law enforcement to lament that another one of their own had died violently.

Capt. Robert Melton was pronounced dead at a hospital as a manhunt for shooters continued, Mayor Mark Holland said in a statement.

Tuesday’s fatal shooting comes just on the heels of three police officers being fatally shot in Baton Rouge, La., last Sunday, and five police officers in Dallas being shot fatally July 7.

“This is a very tense and volatile time in our community and our nation,” Holland said in a statement. “It is important that we not jump to conclusions or speculate about this situation. Our police and city officials will share information as it becomes available. As we wait for that information, let us focus our thoughts and prayers on Capt. Melton’s family, our police department, and on the community.”

The public initially became aware of the incident via social media. (Read more from “Kansas City, Kansas, Police Captain Shot Dead” HERE)

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Ailes Bails — Exits Fox News in Wake of Sexual Harassment Allegations

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Fox News titan Roger Ailes will be leaving the network he helped build in the wake of sexual harassment allegations, his lawyer confirmed Tuesday to The New York Times. His lawyer, feminist hero Susan Estrich, said that he may keep a position with Fox Network as a consultant. The Times described his being forced out as “a humbling and startlingly swift fall from power.”

Ailes’ troubles began when long-time Fox star Gretchen Carlson sued him, claiming that she was fired after she refused his advances. Ailes denied it, calling it “a retaliatory suit for the network’s decision not to renew her contract.” Other women at the network came forward with similar stories. It was not the first time Ailes had been accused of sexual harrassment, his biographer Gabriel Sherman said. “Taken together, these stories portray Ailes as a boss who spoke openly of expecting women to perform sexual favors in exchange for job opportunities.”

“Ailes is known for having a bawdy, politically incorrect sense of humor,” CNN Money reported when she began the suit. “But Carlson’s lawsuit alleges that he went much further with her. It alleges that Ailes repeatedly ‘injected sexual and/or sexist comments’ into conversations; made ‘sexual advances by various means’; and said to her last September, ‘I think you and I should have had a sexual relationship a long time ago and then you’d be good and better and I’d be good and better.’”

At that time, the Murdochs said in an official statement, “While we have full confidence in Mr. Ailes and Mr. Doocy [a Fox News host Carlson also accused], who have served the company brilliantly for over two decades, we have commenced an internal review of the matter.”

Reports that Ailes was going to be shown the door surfaced Monday in New York Magazine. The magazine reported that owners Rupert Murdoch and his two sons had agreed to force out Ailes and were waiting till after the Republican convention. It also reported that the law firm investigating the charges is “looking into the appropriateness of Ailes’s pressuring employees to speak out on his behalf, against his accusers,” including a Business Insider article by Fox senior vice-president Neil Cavuto.

Megyn Kelly Too

And today, another bombshell: The Kelly File host Megyn Kelly testified that she, too, had been harassed, says New York Magazine writer Gabriel Sherman. He quotes two sources briefed on Fox News’ parent company 21st Century Fox’s outside investigation of Ailes’ alleged behavior as saying that “Kelly told investigators that Ailes made unwanted sexual advances towards her about ten years ago when she was a young correspondent at Fox.” She reportedly described the harassment in detail.

Kelly’s involvement raised the stakes for Ailes and will have increased the pressure on the Murdochs to let him go. She’s become a media superstar after her debate battles with Donald Trump, the brightest presence in their prime time lineup, and the clock is ticking on her contract. Rumors are reportedly circulating that Bill O’Reilly is thinking of retiring, making Fox News even more desperate to hold onto Kelly. She is, they say, “the future of the network.”

Kelly’s silence in the wake of Gretchen Carlson’s sexual harassment lawsuit against Ailes had already drawn plenty of discussion. Now that she’s become something of a feminist icon in the wake of her battles with Trump, why didn’t she speak up in Carlson’s defense? On the other hand, Ailes has certainly helped make her a media superstar, why didn’t she join other Fox News personalities in rushing to his defense?

On Tuesday, Breitbart claimed that an inside source said, “Everyone here hates Gretchen and Megyn” and that “hosts from Fox and Friends and throughout the primetime lineup from the co-hosts of The Five to Special Report’s Bret Baier to Greta Van Susteren to Bill O’Reilly, Shepard Smith and Sean Hannity are planning to band together and potentially execute contract clauses that allow them to leave if Ailes is driven out.”

As for the report that the decision has already been made to give Ailes the boot: “This matter is not yet resolved and the review is not concluded,” the Murdochs’ official statement said. (For more from the author of “Ailes Bails — Exits Fox News in Wake of Sexual Harassment Allegations” please click HERE)

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Fox News Sex Scandal Blows up BIG TIME

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The three Murdoch family members at the top of 21st Century Fox, the parent company of Fox News, are in agreement that Roger Ailes, the company chief who has been hit with sex harassment claims, should go, a report says.

New York Magazine on Monday reported Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch, co-chairmen of the company, and James Murdoch, CEO, are working out how to remove the 76-year-old, according to two sources.

A New York law firm was tasked by the organization with investigating the claims against Ailes, and “after reviewing the initial findings … James Murdoch is said to be arguing that Ailes should be presented with a choice this week to resign or face being fired.”

The report said the other two want to wait until the GOP convention in Cleveland is over this week, the report said.

The magazine report said the investigation was sparked by former news anchor Gretchen Carlson’s lawsuit against Ailes, but has since been expanded. (Read more from “Fox News Sex Scandal Blows up BIG TIME” HERE)

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Slain Cop’s Brother Prays for Killer, Asks for Prayers for His Family

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“I just want to say God bless these killers,” said Kedrick Pitts. “I continue to pray for those guys, too.”

Pitts’ brother, Montrell Jackson, was one of the three police officers shot and killed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Jackson, 32, was shot outside a convenience store by former Marine Gavin Long. In an interview with NPR on Sunday, July 17, Pitts said he believes God has a plan in what happened to his brother and the other police officers who were killed.

When asked by NPR’s Michel Martin to touch on a more political aspect of the shooting, Pitts had no comment. Martin asked if there was anything Pitts wanted to say about “the fact that your brother is also an African American man wearing the uniform” in light of the tension between African Americans and police officers in Baton Rouge.

“I don’t know what were their motives, but I just hope this is a real eye-opener to the community, to the whole world,” Pitts said. “It sucks that it had to be my brother, my best friend. But God had his plan and I trust and I believe in him.”

Pitts said he wants people to know that his brother is “in God’s hands.” He asked for prayers for himself and his family.

“I will continue to pray for you all, and I believe he will want this world to be a better place to put a end to all this madness and everybody come together,” Pitts said.

In the interview, Pitts described his brother as a man who loved his job and worked seven days a week. Jackson had been a police officer for 10 years. “He was well-known throughout the city,” Pitts said. He said Jackson “loved really being there for others.”

Jackson wrote a Facebook post on June 8, which Pitt elaborated on in the interview. In the post, Jackson wrote:

I’m tired physically and emotionally, disappointed in some family friends and officers for some reckless comments, but, hey, what’s in your heart is in your heart. I still love you all because hate takes too much energy. But I definitely won’t be looking at you the same. Thank you to everyone that’s reached out to me or my wife. It was needed and much appreciated. I swear to God I love this city, but I wonder if the city loves me in uniform. I get nasty, hateful looks and out of uniform some consider me a threat. I’ve experienced so much in my short life in these last three days have tested me to the core.

Pitts said this post was a reaction to the “Alton Sterling situation.” He said his brother “wants justice for their family also, but he just asks everyone to respect everyone, continue to love everyone and he wanted everyone to get through this together. He didn’t want any hatred going on, especially killing.”

Pitts remembered Jackson for his dedication to “God, family and the police force,” the Associated Press reported. (For more from the author of “Slain Cop’s Brother Prays for Killer, Asks for Prayers for His Family” please click HERE)

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Obamas Spent $79.6 Million on Travel Expenses So Far

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New information obtained from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) brings the grand total of known travel expenses of President Obama and his family to $79,630,433.93, Judicial Watch reported Wednesday.

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton called President Obama’s travel spending a “scandal” and an “abuse of the office.”

“Taxpayers should be incensed that the Secret Service’s resources [are] wasted to provide security for endless golf excursions, political fundraisers, and luxury vacations,” Fitton said.

The non-profit government watchdog organization obtained new information on Secret Service spending on hotel and travel expenses for seven presidential trips in 2014 and 2015, which were mostly for pleasure and fundraising, through a November 2015 lawsuit it filed against DHS because the agency “had failed to respond to 19 FOIA [Freedom of Information Act] requests” since July 2014.

The priciest of the seven trips – to Seattle and Los Angeles to raise money for Democratic congressional candidates in July 2014 – cost taxpayers $237,731.05 on hotels, $19,888.70 on rental cars, $1,451.40 on air and rail travel, and $2,425,085.50 on Air Force expenses, for a grand total of $2,684,156.60, according to the released records. (Read more from “Obamas Spent $79.6 Million on Travel Expenses So Far” HERE)

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