'Pornography should be treated like alcohol and nicotine, especially when addressed in education. This is partly because it is readily available and many parents are unaware, but also because it is being actively promoted within our schools. Mr Willis said: 'The big growth area for the consumption of porn are children aged between 12 and 17. Mr Tanzer is on the regional list alongside Scottish Family Party colleague Michael Willis, who claimed pornography was being promoted in the school curriculum in education on relationships, sexual health and parenthood (RSHP). 'The Scottish Family Party best represent my views on life and society,' he said. I was pushed into identifying myself as something at the age of 32 that I was not.' 'When I was younger I was not clear what path I would take. Both boys and girls consume pornography and both suffer under its impact. He continued: 'Porn is not a men's problem. 'One of the main reasons to run for the Scottish Family Party has been my experience and helping people learn from it. Not all my experiences with it have been negative though - I met some wonderful people. I have seen the harm porn addiction can do. But he asked me to dinner again next week.'In one year I lost five friends in the industry to suicide and drug overdoses. He gave me this look like he thought I was better than all of that. “He asked me at dinner why I was doing porn, like he was disappointed.
“I did ask him if he wanted to go to dinner again.” Koering did confirm that he and Wilde discussed Wilde’s porn career over dinner, and while he doesn’t approve of his line of work, Koering would still like a second date. My job is to support my constituents, and that’s not something they want.” “I don’t remember telling him any of that,” Koering said.
Following that vote, Koering’s office released a statement calling gay marriage “pointless,” but the things you tell your constituents and the things you tell your gay porn star dinner dates aren’t always the same, of course.įor his part, Koering has denied telling Wilde that he’d work on gay issues if re-elected. That all sounds fine, except for the fact that it conflicts with Koering’s 2009 vote against a gay marriage bill. He said once he was re-elected he’d work on gay rights issues and NOH8 stuff, you know? He said he’d make it so gay marriage was legal in Minnesota.” “But first, he needs to win his re-election. “He told me he wants to be President one day!” Wilde told The Sword. He’s up for re-election again this November, but first he’ll face a primary election in August against another Republican.Īt dinner, Koering revealed some of his future political goals to Wilde.
While he supports Minnesota’s Defense of Marriage Act (which already banned gay marriage back in 1997), Koering has said that a constitutional amendment “takes things too far.” After coming out, Koering stayed true to his conservative ideals and won his re-election bid in 2006-in a right-leaning district-by 12 points. Koering came out in 2005 after breaking with his party to reject a state constitutional amendment that would’ve defined marriage as between one man and one woman. “He knew the girl that ran the thing, and she’s my mom’s best friend, so he met my mom and me there, and that’s when he asked me to dinner.” Wilde stated that Koering added him on Facebook last year (“We probably had mutual friends or something, since I’m from Minnesota,” he explained), and the two had been online friends only–until this past weekend when they met in person at a gay pride picnic in Brainerd. While Wilde has worked as an escort in the past, he insisted that Koering did not pay him for his time he only paid for dinner.
We both were checking out the waiter though. “I think he wanted to get in my pants, truthfully. The Sword spoke to Wilde, too, who revealed that his date with Koering was casual, yet awkward: Do I think that being a porn star is the best thing? No. In an exclusive interview with The Sword this morning, Koering was unapologetic: “I don’t see anything wrong with going out with him. Wilde first tweeted about his night with Koering on Sunday evening, writing, “lol so funny!! in 45 mins im going 2 dinner with the senator :).” The senator, Koering, picked Wilde up and took him to Iven’s on the Bay restaurant in Brainerd, where they dined on strip steak and beef medallions.