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But here's the problem with your thinly veiled statement.
Reasonable, rational, arrived at this sexuality "naturally" really doesn't matter because the object of his desires are incapable of being reasonable, or rational when it comes to sexual acts with adults. So before we go down the slippery slope, remember the absolute unmovable red line for permissible sexual acts, they must be acts between consensual adults.
I hope and pray the day never comes in this nation that the ability to consent ceases to be a consideration in acceptable sexual practices.
But, I have lived long enough to have witnessed more than a couple of "absolute unmovable red lines" get erased.
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It's an op-ed piece. The thread title is misleading. This isn't Salon's stated position.
[Disclaimer: Salon is part of my BLOGROLL (which I keep on the excellent XMarks) which is 100+ strong and includes left-wing stuff like Salon and Alternet and various Gawker sites and right-wing stuff like Reason and National Review and Samizdata.]
When I was 16, I was attracted to 16 year old girls, and, to be honest, I didn't really *stop* being attracted to 16 year old girls at any certain age. Would I ever do anything? HELL no. Neither has the guy in this op-ed piece.
It won't happen you're wrong your opposition to homosexuality is affecting your critical thinking skills. Pedaphilia will never be accepted. Everyone that I know that is accepting of equal rights and tolerance for homosexual relationships is hostile towards pedaphiles and sexual offenders those with records are viewed as outcasts, in smaller towns people keep tabs on them don't kid yourself they are tolerated from afar at best by most people and viewed with extreme suspicion.
The initial push by homosexuals was for "tolerance", followed by "we're just like you" and "just want nornal lives". That's morphed into demands not only for full acceptance but outright celebration of their chosen lifestyle. Anyone who feels otherwise is labled as a hateful bigot and attacked. Trannies are now following this same path with the left holding some up as heroic. After all, they're "normal" and "just life us", right? And all who call it a form of delusion and mental illness are painted as intolerant bigots who's children must be educated into accepting the new freak show as just another variation of human existance.
Pedos will pursue the same, citing they were just "born that way" and of no threat to anyone anywhere.
The perverse, liberal freak show continues as civilization circles the drain.
The initial push by homosexuals was for "tolerance", followed by "we're just like you" and "just want nornal lives". That's morphed into demands not only for full acceptance but outright celebration of their chosen lifestyle. Anyone who feels otherwise is labled as a hateful bigot and attacked. Trannies are now following this same path with the left holding some up as heroic. After all, they're "normal" and "just life us", right? And all who call it a form of delusion and mental illness are painted as intolerant bigots who's children must be educated into accepting the new freak show as just another variation of human existance.
Pedos will pursue the same, citing they were just "born that way" and of no threat to anyone anywhere.
The perverse, liberal freak show continues as civilization circles the drain.
It is not the same. Homosexuality is a sexual orientation--male attracted to male, female attracted to female. Sexual relationships between consenting adults, whether hetero- or homosexual are not deviant. ANY person who victimizes a child is a criminal. This essay is from someone who says he is sexually attracted to minors, but has never acted on it because he knows it is wrong. He is not trying to normalize the act. He understands there is no justification to acting on those urges, and it will always be wrong. But he exists. He's committed no crime.
Homosexuality has nothing to do with victimizing anyone. I know a woman that just married her partner of 30 years. A 30 year committed relationship. Two women, now in their 60s. That is NOTHING like a grown man attracted to prepubescent girls. Not even apples & oranges--that's apples and shoeboxes. There is no comparison at all.
Well, okay, I just skimmed the essay. Here's a guy who admits to being attracted to children and that he's never acted on that fact. So, what do we, as a society, do with him?
We need to start having Hollywood portray at least one character like him in a TV sitcom, and make him funny, smart and endearing (i.e. Will & Grace). Then slowly but surely have other shows and movies point out how wrong it is for society to judge pedophiles for their sexual orientation. Then a TV show should try to desensitize the viewing public (i.e. Dawson's Creek with homos) about how it is ok and even acceptable for an adult to seduce a 17 year old. Because after all, "what is a few more days before the age of consent" (quote from a NAMBLA member). Once that is achieved, the slippery slope will lead to more progressive cities lowering the age of consent for ped's to be able to legally act on their rights.
Don't forget to allow the public schools to teach no bullying against anyone who is different, and include another P to the acronym to the existing LGBTQQIAAP (yes it is real for some on the wacko left), to include pedophiles.
Then once you have the LGBTQQIAAPP you can then work on adding a B for bestiality and an N for necrophiliacs. After all, they should not be shunned for their lifestyle choices.
The LGBTQQIAAPPBN
It kind of has a ring to it, and makes the current LGBTQQIAAP seem quaint.
But here's the problem with your thinly veiled statement.
Reasonable, rational, arrived at this sexuality "naturally" really doesn't matter because the object of his desires are incapable of being reasonable, or rational when it comes to sexual acts with adults. So before we go down the slippery slope, remember the absolute unmovable red line for permissible sexual acts, they must be acts between consensual adults.
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The age of consent and/or adulthood has been moved before, and will undoubtedly be again.
If anything is consistent it is that the progressive leftists always want to tear apart existing society norms, laws, and traditions to suit whatever freak happens to be in their "diverse inclusive tent".
The age of consent and/or adulthood has been moved before, and will undoubtedly be again.
If anything is consistent it is that the progressive leftists always want to tear apart existing society norms, laws, and traditions to suit whatever freak happens to be in their "diverse inclusive tent".
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Yes, the age of consent has been changed. It has been RAISED. Until the late 1800s, it was around 10-13 years old in most of the US (in Delaware it was 7). So, raising it to 16 or older has been accomplished in the last 100-150 years. The same is true for most western countries. If you believe we on the left are changing the age of consent to be younger, you are grossly misinformed. Most lefties support legal protections for children. But we are often up against the "government overreach" righties on those issues...
I hope and pray the day never comes in this nation that the ability to consent ceases to be a consideration in acceptable sexual practices.
But, I have lived long enough to have witnessed more than a couple of "absolute unmovable red lines" get erased.
I didn't see anything anywhere in the article where the person was advocating removing any "red lines" like the age of consent. It would seem to me he all he is asking for is some kind of understanding of those that have a certain mindset but do not act upon those urges.
It never ceases to amaze me how one simple word "pedophile" makes people act as though someone said "he's got EBOLA" in a crowded room...
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Everyone that I know that is accepting of equal rights and tolerance for homosexual relationships is hostile towards pedaphiles and sexual offenders those with records are viewed as outcasts, in smaller towns people keep tabs on them don't kid yourself they are tolerated from afar at best by most people and viewed with extreme suspicion.
