His name is Levi Johnston. An 18yo ice hockey player from Alaska will be the media focus at the RNC

If in Alaska 17yr old Bristol is considered a minor, does that make Levi, who is 18yrs old, guilty of statutory rape? Or was it consensual lovemaking between two teenagers approved by their parents?

Below, Levi Johnston, will be the media focus on TV tonight at the RNC in Minn.
The young man's presence could set off a media frenzy around the young couple as photographers and cameramen scramble for pictures of the two teenagers. What does he look like? Who is he? We only know his name: Levi Johnston. And he plays ice hockey, calling himself on his MySpace as a "redneck" who likes to snowboard and rides dirt bikes. What about all the things he mentioned and his friends posted on his MySpace? We can't wait to find out.

Yes, we queers have all learned, and with deep interest, that the boyfriend of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's unwed, pregnant daughter will join the family of the Republican vice presidential candidate at the GOP convention in St. Paul, Minn. We read in Yahoo News today that Levi Johnston's mother said her 18-year-old son left Alaska on Tuesday morning to join the Palin family at the convention where Sen. John McCain will officially receive the Republican nomination for president. The boy's mother, Sherry Johnston, said there had been no pressure put on her son to marry 17-year-old Bristol Palin and the two teens had made plans to wed before it was known she was pregnant.

"This is just a bonus," Johnston said.

On Monday, Palin and her husband, Todd, said their 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, planned to have the baby and wed a young man identified only as Levi. The family asked the media to respect the young couple's privacy as has been the tradition with children of candidates.

Levi created a further stir, describing himself on his MySpace page as a "redneck who likes to snowboard and ride dirt bikes". The description appears in a profanity-laden entry posted by Johnston that was made private over the weekend, but not before several media outlets published parts of it. Johnston, who is to marry Palin's pregnant daughter Bristol, is reportedly flying to the St Paul, Minnesota, convention after being outed by international media. He played ice hockey at Bristol's high school and the Palin camp says the teenage couple will get married. But in Johnston's MySpace entry, the teenager hints that fatherhood was not in his immediate plans.

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