By Natalie Hope McDonald
We here at G Philly didn’t expect we would be discussing the Penn State scandal with any connection to LGBT issues. Like most everyone else over these last two weeks, we’ve been shocked, dismayed and disappointed in the people who may have allowed child abuse to take place in our home state – under the guise, presumably – of preserving a multi-million-dollar sports tradition. To this, our hearts certainly go out to possible victims in the ongoing investigation.
It all seemed like a horrible story about alleged pedophilia and a corrupt system that kept it under wraps – something with which Catholics around the world are all too familiar. But that was until Public Radio International’s “To the Point” host Warren Olney got the not-so-brilliant idea of using the accused child rapist and former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky as the poster boy for a discussion about gay parenting.
How do we begin to address the most outlandish conversation we’ve heard about this terrible case? At the expense of giving misinformed bigots even more attention, we consider the motivation behind it all. Ratings? Ignorance? Hate? Probably a combination of each, sadly. We just can’t figure out what a host like Olney, with an important, influential platform, was thinking in making this irresponsible, completely outlandish connection with the gay community.
To begin, it’s not unusual for bigots like Jerry Cox from the Arkansas Family Council (a guest on Olney’s radio show) to cast wide nets to try and “prove” ridiculous points about minority groups – especially since it’s becoming increasingly difficult to do so as more people are enlightened by the reality of these matters. And the truth in this case is that Penn State’s pedophilia scandal has absolutely nothing to do with homosexuality or LGBT issues.
Nothing.
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