Meet His Honor, Waupaca County, Wisconsin Judge Philip Kirk. The gavel-banger gave one of the more interesting pre-sentencing speeches in recent history to a convicted pedophile on Monday morning. The accused, 71-year-old former school bus driver (ugh) Delton Gorges, was found guilty of molesting four young boys. His Honor took offense when Gorges asserted his heterosexuality, and informed ole’ Delton that he was “gayer than a sweet-smelling jockstrap.” Mark Twain is alive and well and living in Waupaca County! The gym over at the courthouse must be positively spa-like!
My irritation over Kirk equating pedophilia with homosexuality was temporarily shunted aside as I listened to the rest of his diatribe. Wait til’ you get to the penis floating down the river. And Judge Kirk’s prom dress!
To read Kirk’s unusual courtroom remarks, Follow the JUMP:
Kirk said:
“I think you were born gayer than a sweet-smelling jockstrap.”
“I think that if anyone believes that in the last 10 years or 15 years all of a sudden you developed an interest in homosexuality and young boys, then I must have looked ravishing in my prom dress this year.”
“I can’t imagine in the ’40s or ’50s admitting your sexual orientation. No one knew there was a closet to come out of in those days. You know you had to be very careful because you could have found your penis floating in the Wolf (River) as walleye bait. It was a terrible life to have to live.”
Watch the video here. His Honor (?) seems like he’s almost trying to show some sympathy to the perv but he’s going about it ALL wrong. Dude is going to jail because he has an illegal and grotesque interest in kids, not cuz’ he’s into dick. I’ve rendered my verdict. His Honor needs to read a book or two. He obviously saw THIS movie back in the day. (Couldn’t they have at least given the bald troll of a pedo a better outfit? Throw us a bone, 1950s bigots!)
rednecks and the legal system. its vile isn’t it.
I would agree that Judge’s comments where perhaps inappropriate but I think what is more disturbing is that old BASTARDS attorney feels that because his client was born in the 1940 and could not live openly as a gay man is excuse 2 molest young children . Granted the Judge’s words where inappropriate but the point that he was trying 2 make was not ( inappropriate ) if I read & listen 2 Judge’s statement correctly he was commenting on the fact Delton Georges claims that he is a heterosexual who just so happens 2 MOLEST little boys . Not only is he GAYER than a $ 4 dollar bill but he is a PEDIPHILE as well !! being GAY is not a choice but a PEDPHILE is and I hope this nasty CHILD MOLESTING MOTHEFUCKER ROTS N HELL !!!
that should have been paedophile
Too many lols! Best. Judge. Ever.
Before making a valid statement on the judge’s comments I would like to have seen the entire thing unedited. With that said I am going to still attempt a statement. Judging from what I did hear I would not say this was against homosexuals at all. It seemed like part of the defense this man gave was that he just “turned gay” one day. The judge was saying that no, you did not turn gay. You were born gay and could not come out of the closet and as a result of a lacking in society are lacking in yourself. Now I am not saying I agree that being forced in the closet makes a person immediately a pedophile, but I would much rather hear a judge take a stand that this guy did not just “turn gay” and because of that is now molesting children.
Also, I found the comment kind of zany and hilarious. Like seriously, wtf? I would have cracked up if I heard that in a court setting.
While the Judge’s comments were off-coloured, I didn’t find them homophobic nor equating pedophilia to homosexuality.
The key thing to remember is that the Judge did not say “You’re gay so you’re a pedophile” nor visa-versa.
The Defendant said, “I COULDN’T have done it, because I’m straight!”
And the Judge gave a good ol’ boy variation of “Bitch please, homo think you foolin?”
It’s also important to remember that the Judge 1) asserts that homosexuality is an inborn trait and 2) acknowledged that people were unfairly treated due to their sexuality in past generations.
Sure, the Judge is a stupid straight guy, but I can be a stupid gay guy some time. (Like, I didn’t know women did not pee out of their vagina until I was in college. Like /seriously/, wtf.)
Frankly, his comparisons were hi-larious.
Most of the child molesters are heterosexuals, so this judge clearly doesn’t know what he’s talking about. and yes, including the ones who molest boys. they are mostly heterosexual.