Safe School Czar

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/28/at-the-presidents-pleasure/

A teacher was told by a 15-year-old high school sophomore that he was
having homosexual sex with an "older man." At the very least,
statutory rape occurred. Fox News reported that the teacher violated a
state law requiring that he report the abuse. That former teacher,
Kevin Jennings, is President Obama's "safe school czar." It's getting
hard to keep track of all of this president's problematic
appointments. Clearly, the process for vetting White House employees
has broken down.

In this one case in which Mr. Jennings had a real chance to protect a
young boy from a sexual predator, he not only failed to do what the
law required but actually encouraged the relationship.

According to Mr. Jennings' own description in a new audiotape
discovered by Fox News, the 15-year-old boy met the "older man" in a
"bus station bathroom" and was taken to the older man's home that
night. When some details about the case became public, Mr. Jennings
threatened to sue another teacher who called his failure to report the
statutory rape "unethical." Mr. Jennings' defenders asserted that
there was no evidence that he was aware the student had sex with the
older man.

However, the new audiotape contradicts this claim. In 2000, Mr.
Jennings gave a talk to the Iowa chapter of the Gay, Lesbian and
Straight Education Network, an advocacy group that promotes
homosexuality in schools. On the tape, Mr. Jennings recollected that
he told the student to make sure "to use a condom" when he was with
the older man. That he actively encouraged the relationship is
reinforced by Mr. Jennings' own description in his 1994 book, "One
Teacher in 10." In that account, the teacher boasts how he allayed the
student's concerns about the relationship to such a degree that the
15-year-old "left my office with a smile on his face that I would see
every time I saw him on the campus for the next two years, until he
graduated."

Mr. Jennings' denials about these events reveal a lack of remorse. He
has not admitted that he made mistakes in this case, and he now
refuses to answer any questions about the scandal. Don't forget, this
is a presidential appointee we're talking about. Mr. Obama should make
clear what his standards are for public servants serving at the
pleasure of the president. Encouraging and covering up man-boy sexual
activity are serious offenses. The White House should force Mr.
Jennings to come clean.

Mr. Jennings has made extremely radical statements promoting
homosexuality in schools and about his utter contempt for religion
that render him unsuitable for a prestigious White House appointment.
His job in the Obama administration is to ensure student safety, and
this scandal directly calls into question his ability to perform that
job. Mr. Jennings and Obama administration officials refuse to answer
any questions about this newly discovered evidence. A lot of Americans
want answers about this guy and how he was approved for a job in the
White House.