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A leading U.S. anti-gay campaigner has been photographed returning from a European holiday with a male prostitute.
Professor George Rekers, a Baptist minister who believes homosexuality is a sin that can be cured, hired a 20-year-old Puerto Rican as his travelling companion from a website called Rentboy.com.
The 61-year-old father-of-three took the escort, who is known on the gay networking site as 'Geo', on a ten-day trip to London and Madrid.
George Rekers and Geo
Christian campaigner: Anti-gay activist George Rekers (left) arrives at Miami International Airport after a ten-day holiday with escort 'Geo' (right, in purple top)
The pair were photographed emerging from Miami International Airport last month with Professor Rekers pushing their luggage in a trolley.
But when confronted with the photo by a journalist from the Miami New Times this week, Professor Rekers explained he hired Geo to help him carry his suitcases following a stint in hospital.
'I had surgery, I can’t lift luggage,' he said. 'That’s why I hired him.'
A statement released on his behalf added: 'Professor Reker's family, local friends, and even another university professor colleague have offered to accompany him on trips to lift luggage.
'He was not involved in any illegal or sexual behaviour with his travel assistant.'
Geo's Rentboy.com profile listed stripping among his interests. He described himself as 'sensual', 'masculine' and 'up for anything'. 'I will do anything you say as long as you ask,' he said.
George Rekers
Geo
Father-of-three: Professor Rekers (left) believes homosexuality is a sin. His travelling companion 'Geo' (right)
Professor Rekers is an officer of the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH), a 'professional, scientific organisation that offers hope to those who struggle with unwanted homosexuality'.
He told one blogger who contacted him on Facebook that he discussed his Christian beliefs with Geo.
He said: 'If you talk with my travel assistant you will find I spent a great deal of time sharing scientific information on the desirability of abandoning homosexual intercourse, and I shared the gospel of Jesus Christ with him in great detail.'
Professor Rekers took down his Facebook page yesterday and Geo's Rentboy.com profile has also been removed.
Both men deny they had a sexual relationship during their European jaunt.
Professor Rekers is widely known in the U.S. In 2008, he testified as an expert in favour of upholding a ban on gay adoption in Florida.
He is also a founding member of the Family Research Council, America's most powerful Christian lobbying group, and has written books about 'curing' homosexuality including Growing Up Straight: What Families Should Know About Homosexuality.
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