Rekers Flyer Stirs Fla. Governor's Race

Trailing in the Florida Republican gubernatorial primary race by
double digits, candidate Rick Scott has blasted opponent Bill McCollum, currently the state's attorney general, over McCollum's use of now-infamous "ex-gay" proponent George Rekers as an expert witness in a gay adoption case.

Scott, a social conservative who is anti-marriage equality, claimed in a recently distributed flier that McCollum "wasted our money and used poor judgment" when he paid Rekers $120,000 to testify in a Florida adoption case, the Miami New Times reports. The court rejected Rekers's testimony for lack of credibility.

Rekers is a cofounder of the Family Research Council, along with Focus on the Family founder James Dobson. He is a former board member of the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality, a group promoting “ex-gay” reparative therapy. In May the New Times reported that Rekers had been caught with a gay male escort, with whom he took a European trip.

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