Mayor Mentored by Buttigieg Busted for Child Porn
“He was assigned to be my buddy.”
By Daniel Greenfield
Before Mayor Patrick Wojahn headed College Park, MD, he was a key figure in the movement for what activists described as “marriage equality” both through an activist group and through his own relationship.
As one of the nine plaintiff couples in the Deane vs. Conaway lawsuit filed in 2004, Kolesar and his partner, Patrick Wojahn, saw two years of legal entanglements finally pay off with the judge’s support of same-sex marriage.
Judge Brooke M. Murdock ruled a 1973 state law which prohibited same-sex marriage was discriminatory and caused by bias, bringing an end to the first stage of the lawsuit, which was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, Equality Maryland and nine gay couples chosen to be the “face of the gay community,” Kolesar said.
Wojahn was not just a test case, he was an activist.
Until the new legislative term resumes, advocates are trying to drum up public support for same-sex marriage in the state. “We’re working on rebuilding support in those areas and looking at how we’re going to proceed,” says Patrick Wojahn, chair of the Equality Maryland Foundation. “We’re trying to get [legislators who defected] back on board or get other people on board.”
Wojahn even made it sound like he was mentored by Pete Buttigieg.
During his Council elections and his first run as a mayoral candidate, Wojahn knew he had no choice but to run as an openly gay man because of his media prominence with the marriage equality lawsuit.
But being elected as an out gay mayor landed him a fortuitous mentor.
“I actually met Mayor Pete Buttigieg shortly after I was elected mayor in 2015,” Wojahn said. “I went to the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ Winter Meeting in D.C. in January and he was assigned to be my buddy.”
The two continued to talk over the phone and Buttigieg explained the conference to him and what would take place at the meeting. Later, they would both attend a White House reception during the Obama administration where Dave and Chasten (Buttigieg) would meet as well.
Buttigieg continued to mentor Wojahn, advising him on how to get the most out of his participation in the conference.
“I now serve in a leadership role as vice chair of city livability and bicycling in part due to his mentorship.”
They also talked about the challenges of being an openly gay mayor with Buttigieg sharing with his mentee the story of his coming out while serving in office.
The Buttigieg campaign hailed Wojahn’s endorsement of him during the Democrat primaries.
None of this comes up in the latest story about Wojahn.
The mayor of College Park, Md., resigned from his position on Wednesday ahead of being arrested on child pornography charges Thursday.
In a news release, the Prince George’s County Police Department (PGPD) said that the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children notified it that a social media account operating in the county possessed and distributed suspected child pornography.
PGPD investigators said that the social media account belonged to Mayor Patrick Wojhan.
Authorities conducted a search warrant at Wojhan’s residence last month, where they recovered multiple cell phones, a storage device, a tablet and a computer, police said.
Wojhan, 47, was arrested and taken into custody by authorities early Thursday morning, charged with 40 counts of possession of child exploitative material and 16 counts of distribution of child exploitative material.
“Many of you have already reached out with well wishes and thoughts, and I am eternally grateful. I am stepping away to deal with my own mental health,” he wrote. “I ask that you continue to keep me and my family in your prayers.”
If Mayor Patrick Wojhan had been a Republican, an evangelical Christian or an Orthodox Jew, if he’d been mentored by Mike Pence, the media would blow if up and have a field day with it. But since he is who he is, it’s just being treated as an obscure local crime story with no background, deep or otherwise.
It falls to the few remaining journalists to provide the actual background that the media chooses to omit.
https://www.raptureforums.com/polit...ored-by-pete-buttigieg-busted-for-child-porn/
“He was assigned to be my buddy.”
By Daniel Greenfield
Before Mayor Patrick Wojahn headed College Park, MD, he was a key figure in the movement for what activists described as “marriage equality” both through an activist group and through his own relationship.
As one of the nine plaintiff couples in the Deane vs. Conaway lawsuit filed in 2004, Kolesar and his partner, Patrick Wojahn, saw two years of legal entanglements finally pay off with the judge’s support of same-sex marriage.
Judge Brooke M. Murdock ruled a 1973 state law which prohibited same-sex marriage was discriminatory and caused by bias, bringing an end to the first stage of the lawsuit, which was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, Equality Maryland and nine gay couples chosen to be the “face of the gay community,” Kolesar said.
Wojahn was not just a test case, he was an activist.
Until the new legislative term resumes, advocates are trying to drum up public support for same-sex marriage in the state. “We’re working on rebuilding support in those areas and looking at how we’re going to proceed,” says Patrick Wojahn, chair of the Equality Maryland Foundation. “We’re trying to get [legislators who defected] back on board or get other people on board.”
Wojahn even made it sound like he was mentored by Pete Buttigieg.
During his Council elections and his first run as a mayoral candidate, Wojahn knew he had no choice but to run as an openly gay man because of his media prominence with the marriage equality lawsuit.
But being elected as an out gay mayor landed him a fortuitous mentor.
“I actually met Mayor Pete Buttigieg shortly after I was elected mayor in 2015,” Wojahn said. “I went to the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ Winter Meeting in D.C. in January and he was assigned to be my buddy.”
The two continued to talk over the phone and Buttigieg explained the conference to him and what would take place at the meeting. Later, they would both attend a White House reception during the Obama administration where Dave and Chasten (Buttigieg) would meet as well.
Buttigieg continued to mentor Wojahn, advising him on how to get the most out of his participation in the conference.
“I now serve in a leadership role as vice chair of city livability and bicycling in part due to his mentorship.”
They also talked about the challenges of being an openly gay mayor with Buttigieg sharing with his mentee the story of his coming out while serving in office.
The Buttigieg campaign hailed Wojahn’s endorsement of him during the Democrat primaries.
None of this comes up in the latest story about Wojahn.
The mayor of College Park, Md., resigned from his position on Wednesday ahead of being arrested on child pornography charges Thursday.
In a news release, the Prince George’s County Police Department (PGPD) said that the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children notified it that a social media account operating in the county possessed and distributed suspected child pornography.
PGPD investigators said that the social media account belonged to Mayor Patrick Wojhan.
Authorities conducted a search warrant at Wojhan’s residence last month, where they recovered multiple cell phones, a storage device, a tablet and a computer, police said.
Wojhan, 47, was arrested and taken into custody by authorities early Thursday morning, charged with 40 counts of possession of child exploitative material and 16 counts of distribution of child exploitative material.
“Many of you have already reached out with well wishes and thoughts, and I am eternally grateful. I am stepping away to deal with my own mental health,” he wrote. “I ask that you continue to keep me and my family in your prayers.”
If Mayor Patrick Wojhan had been a Republican, an evangelical Christian or an Orthodox Jew, if he’d been mentored by Mike Pence, the media would blow if up and have a field day with it. But since he is who he is, it’s just being treated as an obscure local crime story with no background, deep or otherwise.
It falls to the few remaining journalists to provide the actual background that the media chooses to omit.
https://www.raptureforums.com/polit...ored-by-pete-buttigieg-busted-for-child-porn/
