Duke's latest rape case

The story started out like any other child sexual abuse story.
An alleged disgusting pervert.

But the focus is changing...
Gay parents hope abuse case does not limit adoptions

While Frank Lombard awaits his transfer to Washington, D.C., to face child sex charges, some Triangle dads worry that his alleged crimes could reflect poorly on their desire to raise a family.

Here we have a new rape case involving Duke University. The first one turned out to be a great big "egg-on-your-facer" for the media, prosecutor, accuser, and 88 faculty. It seems that media coverage for the new case is pretty much local only. Is the national media now "once bitten, twice shy" when it comes to Duke rape cases?

Perhaps the lack of coverage is because the alleged per(p/v). is a distinguished university administrator (Lombard is associate director of the Center for Health Policy at Duke.)? We wouldn't want to ruin more reputations with another trial in the media. Never mind the fact that the victim in this one is a 5 year old child. The reputation of a fine university is at stake. The child is seemingly being portrayed as cannon-fodder in the battle for gay rights.

No, this is not about raping children, it is now about Gay Rights. Yes! that is the issue here. The media likes to portray the real victim of these alleged horrible crimes as the misunderstood, gay adoptive parent of the child or the minority single mother, etc. The plight of these misunderstood people is the real story. We should show empathy (right, Sotomayor?). Forget that laws have been broken.

It is a shame what happened to this child. And it is a shame to see the selfishness of people who are worried how these events will affect their ability to adopt children. We can only hope and pray that justice is served. And may the wounds inflicted by this case be healed by the grace of God.

UPDATE: CNN buried the story on their crime page.