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Minnesota lawmaker urged to step aside-oral w minor boy
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Minnesota lawmaker urged to step aside after rest-stop liaison with 17-year-old boy
Aug 21, 2012 7:39 AM EDT
A Minnesota state lawmaker who authorities say admitted having a liaison with a 17-year-old boy at a rest stop faced calls from party leaders on Monday to give up his re-election bid.
Rep. Kerry Gauthier, 56, hasn't been charged in the July incident, and authorities said he wouldn't be because the boy was older than 16, the legal age of consent, and no money was exchanged. Police say the teenager responded to the lawmaker's Craigslist ad for "no strings attached" sex.
Gauthier admitted to the liaison, according to police reports made public late last week. The teen told police the two had oral sex, according to the reports.
The scandal has hurt Democrats' hopes of retaking at least one chamber of the Legislature. They need to pick up at least six seats in the House, and Gauthier's Duluth-area seat is usually reliably Democratic. But if he drops out, any Democrat seeking to replace him would have to run as a write-in candidate, making the race much more difficult to win.
Still, Democratic leaders called on Gauthier to withdraw from the race. House Minority Leader Paul Thissen, D-Minneapolis, said he was "deeply disappointed" in Gauthier's conduct and wants him to step aside.
"As I shared with Rep. Gauthier, I believe he should withdraw from the race for re-election," Thissen said in a statement released by his office.
Less than an hour later, state Democratic Party Chairman Ken Martin echoed Thissen's comments, although neither man asked Gauthier to leave office before his term ends in January.
Gauthier hasn't commented to reporters on the incident. A call to his cellphone rolled to voicemail on Monday. Thissen's statement said he expects Gauthier to "address these issues publicly and soon."
Gauthier was hospitalized for an undisclosed condition until last weekend, which prompted Thissen to wait to issue his statement. House Speaker Kurt Zellers, a Republican, on Friday urged Gauthier to resign.
Gauthier was elected in 2010 with 73 percent of the vote. He is not married.
Duluth City Councilor Jay Fosle has already filed paperwork to run as a write-in candidate against Gauthier and Republican nominee Travis Silver.
POLITICS HEADLINES
Minnesota lawmaker urged to step aside after rest-stop liaison with 17-year-old boy
Aug 21, 2012 7:39 AM EDT
A Minnesota state lawmaker who authorities say admitted having a liaison with a 17-year-old boy at a rest stop faced calls from party leaders on Monday to give up his re-election bid.
Rep. Kerry Gauthier, 56, hasn't been charged in the July incident, and authorities said he wouldn't be because the boy was older than 16, the legal age of consent, and no money was exchanged. Police say the teenager responded to the lawmaker's Craigslist ad for "no strings attached" sex.
Gauthier admitted to the liaison, according to police reports made public late last week. The teen told police the two had oral sex, according to the reports.
The scandal has hurt Democrats' hopes of retaking at least one chamber of the Legislature. They need to pick up at least six seats in the House, and Gauthier's Duluth-area seat is usually reliably Democratic. But if he drops out, any Democrat seeking to replace him would have to run as a write-in candidate, making the race much more difficult to win.
Still, Democratic leaders called on Gauthier to withdraw from the race. House Minority Leader Paul Thissen, D-Minneapolis, said he was "deeply disappointed" in Gauthier's conduct and wants him to step aside.
"As I shared with Rep. Gauthier, I believe he should withdraw from the race for re-election," Thissen said in a statement released by his office.
Less than an hour later, state Democratic Party Chairman Ken Martin echoed Thissen's comments, although neither man asked Gauthier to leave office before his term ends in January.
Gauthier hasn't commented to reporters on the incident. A call to his cellphone rolled to voicemail on Monday. Thissen's statement said he expects Gauthier to "address these issues publicly and soon."
Gauthier was hospitalized for an undisclosed condition until last weekend, which prompted Thissen to wait to issue his statement. House Speaker Kurt Zellers, a Republican, on Friday urged Gauthier to resign.
Gauthier was elected in 2010 with 73 percent of the vote. He is not married.
Duluth City Councilor Jay Fosle has already filed paperwork to run as a write-in candidate against Gauthier and Republican nominee Travis Silver.
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Godfather.
I've never met a couple yet, straight or "alternative lifestyle" that when I ask where they met they say a "rest stop".
Stop making people feel like they are weird or a monster for being gay.
That's weird in itself ya'll
Well said! That and encourage people to keep "bedroom activity" of any sort in the bedroom. I'm not a prude but somehow walking in on other people's sex just isn't my thing. Like the one time at Hamburger Mary's... oh man :oops: .
Why did he have to meet at a rest stop if he's not married? :?
I don't see why he has to step down; let the voters decide. Yeah he's a weirdo, but he can do what he wants in his private life as long as it's legal, right?
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While I personally find random hookups at rest stops to be kinda seedy, if there were a lot of young women looking for hookups at rest stops, straight men would take daily road trips.
(and usamamasan... Why are you searching google for "gay sex rest stops?")
This dude, another lawmaker, got pinched for lewd conduct. Lawmakers at public poopers in minnesota lookIng for sex. Weird
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Craig
Good question, both. Will be interesting to see what the answers are- if any.
That's still pretty weird too.
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Fine, I'm sorry I called him a weirdo. I said I didn't think he did anything wrong.
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Oh I'm not ragging on you. Just maybe reminding some people who are a bit too high on their horse that... If things were reversed they wouldnt be going to google to look for... I'm not sure.
And to be fair, hooking up in public rest rooms...ick.
the "legal age of consent" ? I'm not going along with that,if you have or know a 16 or 17 year old child would it be o.k that this pedifile had sex with him...and at a rest stop ?...call me onry and old and set in my ways but this to me is very disturbing, if this guy is going to pick up young boys on the internet for sex how young will he be wanting them the more he does this ? how can he be trusted in government office ?
Godfather.
Actually, I do believe he is a weirdo. Anyone posting a craiglist ad to meet someone at a rest stop for any kind of sex is a weirdo.
I just wonder if he thought this was the only way for him, or if he is truly just a weirdo that likes random sex at rest stops.
because the guy is 56 years old banging a 17 year YOUNG child dosen't that strike you as kind of odd ?
Godfather.
Well are it does. Not as much as usamamasan searching google for "gay sex rest stops." :?
Ok, being attracted to 17 year-olds doesn't make one a pedophile, that's an attraction to pre-pubescent children.
And a 17 year-old is not a young boy.
Let's please try to at least talk about what he DID without totally losing our collective shit.
Really?
They should keep that in the bedroom. Poor decision making on the lawmakers part.
Treyvon Martin, a 17 year old shot dead during a confrontation recently in Florida.....I think most people in this forum commented on how HE was a young boy.....
uhhh ... i'm pretty sure quite a few 17 year olds are having sex ... if anything this shows how marginalized the gay community is ... that someone like him feels like he has to meet people in rest stops to have sex ...
did he break the law?
yes he is, it's tuff..sex crimes especially aginst children make me lose my collective shit in a hurry
but I see your point,getting all angry on a forum is not the answer.
Godfather.