CONVICTED REPUBLICAN SEX OFFENDER GETS OFF WITH NO JAIL TIME-- JUST PROBATION AND A FINE

nabbed from the Hubritic Anomoly

In a raft of cases where elected GOP closet queens have been caught trying to accost men in public toilets, Florida Republican Rep. Bob Allen, who was found guilty last week, was sentenced yesterday. The Associated Press reports that Allen "was sentenced Thursday to six months of probation for agreeing to pay for oral sex with an undercover officer in a men’s park restroom." He could have gotten 2 months in jail. "Besides probation, the Republican from Merritt Island also was ordered to pay a $250 fine, undergo sexually transmitted disease testing and is not allowed to return to Space View Park," where he offered to perform oral sex on a stranger-- who turned out to be a policeman-- and to pay him $20. Allen claimed he made the offer because he was afraid of Afican-American men.

There are several ironies here. The most obvious is that Allen, who like many Republican closet queens seeking to overcompensate for their self-loathing, acted out a virulent and hateful anti-gay routine in public and even sponsored anti-gay legislation. In most cases when you hear a politician screaming the loudest anti-gay slurs, you will find a demented closet case. (Current examples waiting to be outed and in desperate need of psychiatric case: Mitch McConnell, Patrick McHenry, Lindsey Graham.)

Also ironic is that Allen has been banned from the Titusville park he helped create. Allen's appeal for leniency was based on the indignity of the "national mocking" he has had to endure since trying to blow the cop.

"Over the last 120 days, you have been aware of the degree of public humiliation this charge has brought," the seven-year Republican lawmaker told Brevard County Court Judge Oscar Hotusing. "As I stand before you, I can say the totality of it all has been tremendous."

But he still claims he never did anything and just wanted to get out of the potential rain he sensed was coming and then was afraid a Black man might rob him.


UPDATE: BOB ALLEN WANTS TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH THE FAMILY

I guess it was inevitable, especially with his homophobic Republican colleagues threatening him, but Rep. Allen resigned today.