How Much Sexual Assault Will Be Tolerated?
Rory Cooper /
This week, we saw scores of Hollywood liberals rushing to the defense of Roman Polanski, a man who has admitted to sexually assaulting a 13 year old girl in 1977 and running from justice ever since. The most cited excuses were: It was a long time ago; she forgave him (after a large civil settlement); the judge was too strict and the most concerning…he said it was consensual. Whoopi Goldberg went as far as to not call it a “rape-rape” and rationalize that many other cultures find sexual intercourse between a 44 year old man and a 13 year old girl perfectly acceptable–which ones she didn’t say. But this all just a case of Hollywood being Hollywood, right? They have looser morals in la-la land, and here in reality, the sexual assault of teenagers is not acceptable, right? Nope. A senior official in the Obama administration responsible for child safety has been exposed to have ignored child sex abuse when he was a high school teacher, and yet retains the confidence of the Secretary of Education.
Yesterday, ABC News’ Jake Tapper reported on Kevin Jennings, who is informally known as “Safe Schools Czar.” His formal role is as Head of the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools. Clearly this is an administration role that is best suited for someone who has spent a career protecting students and creating safe environments for children. However, in Jennings’ own book “One Teacher in Ten” he recounts a story where a 15 year old student confided in him that he had a sexual relationship with a much older man he had met a bus station bathroom. Jennings only reaction to this news was to ask if the boy used a condom and to exchange smiles with the young boy for the remaining two years of his high school education. (more…)