Top anti-gay Christian activist travels with gay hooker. Right-wing Baptist minister (is there another kind?) George Alan Rekers, head of the Family Research Council and known for his “gay to straight” therapy methods, apparently is in need of some therapy himself, after it was revealed that he traveled across Europe with a 20-year-old male escort Rekers met on a gay website. Said Rekers: “I think it’s just faaaaaabulous that I can travel about in the company of my big, strapping, Euro-hunk!”

While we’re on the subject of fundies…Florida State Senator (and staunch anti-abortion activist)  Mike Bennett was caught fapping to porn while listening to the legislative debates drone on. Fellow senators became suspicious when they observed Bennett making a bobbing motion from his desk in the legislature’s chamber. When confronted, a red-faced Bennett bolted out of the room, indignantly shouting “I wish people would just leave me alone during my time in my special place!”

Continental and United plan to merge. The two airlines agreed to a $3 billion stock swap this week. The new airline, which will be renamed Con-U, is expected to be the largest in the world.

This week’s edition of NFTS was compiled by Tina, who has no reason to believe her name would be put on a no-fly list… and yet, there it is. Watch for a disgruntled Tina, coming to a bus or train near you.