Posted on 10/06/2006 10:03:43 PM PDT by Coleus
They're the millionaire gay dads who paid to create three children. So how could they put pictures of the youngsters on a gay dating website next to their own seedy adverts for casual sex with other men?
The wedding photograph of Barrie Drewitt and Tony Barlow on the internet web page, with the twins whose birth made them Britain's first surrogate gay fathers, radiates affectionate pride. Resplendent in matching outfits of cream silk, who could blame the multi-millionaire couple for showing off two of their three beautiful children, seven-year-olds Saffron and Aspen? After all, as Barrie told the Mail this week, 'it's a site used by many of our friends as a way to share information'.
No doubt it is, but a few moments trawling through the pages of Gaydar.com reveals that much of that 'information' and many of the accompanying images jar horribly with pictures of children. 'Horny Fun Wanted' proclaims one typical advertiser on the gay dating site, displaying a full frontal nude picture of himself for the delectation of passing browsers. Others express preferences for all kinds of unprintable activities. Users are, disturbingly, asked to click a box to say whether they prefer safe sex. Every vital statistic is listed; often with eye-watering full-colour evidence. There is also a profusion of links to male escort agencies and hardcore gay porn sites.
Despite widespread condemnation from bodies such as children's charity Kidscape, which described it as 'asking for trouble', the couple has insisted on keeping the children's photographs posted. Their own, relatively tame details on the site reveal a preference for 'firemen, footballers, married men, military...and rugby players', alongside a fetish for Speedo swimming trunks and suits. Barrie, 37, and Tony, 42, are somewhat less open about their ages, which they claim to be 32. One suspects it is drama queen Barrie rather than the more taciturn Tony doing the talking when they inform potential new contacts: 'Willing to try anything once!' 'Just looking for friends, no big deals, no tears, just loads of laughs and loads a fun!! Whatever, no camp guys, please. We don't do camp guys well at all.' The Drewitt-Barlows, as they style themselves, dismiss criticism as just another example of the homophobic media over-reacting. They prefer to ignore the fact that pictures of children on any website carrying such explicit material, heterosexual or gay, would provoke the same concern. Barrie has tried to make light of the couple's recourse to the dating site with a jovial reference to Little Britain star Matt Lucas's outrageous character, Daffyd. 'Tony and I are living in Essex now and, unlike the centre of London or Manchester, there are not many gays in the village,' he said.
What is a "camp guy?"
This is really disgusting .
yeah, kinda like "light in the loafers" my dad used to talk about certain individuals and say that and "campy"
The village? They're village people? Uh-oh! "Uh, no Mrs. Rodham Clinton, that's BarrIE with an IE"
I dunno if it really matters, but "I am the only gay in the village!" is a catchphrase for a popular sketch show here, "Little Britain". As absurd as it may sound, they may have been paraphrasing for comedic effect, much as one might quote Monty Python or SNL or something...
Saffron and Aspen = Hollywood actors. Don`t tell me, they also have a kid named Suri.
bump
There is a real opportunity here to use the Foley Wars as a wedge to set the "gay" agenda back 30 years, if the Right can be smart enough to use it.
This is what this thread did to me.....
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/2006/10/projectile-vomit-on-live-tv.html
You sure it's not this guy?
Looks to me like they're advertising the children to attract other pedophiles.
So what do you recommend as the RIGHT way to set the agenda back....?
Likes hiking and camping out under the stars. Will share your two man pup tent with you.
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