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FlyersFan
NAMBLA = pedophilia, adult on child only.
Homosexual = consenting adults only.
There is a difference.
edit on 10/11/2013 by FlyersFan because: (no reason given)
LewsTherinThelamon
reply to post by WarminIndy
If you're gay, you're a pedophile
Is that pretty much what you are trying to get at?
What about the straight guys who diddle small girls? Or are they actually gay and don't know it?
This is the Constitution for NAMBLA
The Way Forward The first page of the NAMBLA Constitution contains the following passage: NAMBLA’s goal is to end the long-standing oppression of men and boys involved in any mutually consensual relationship by: 1) building a support network for such men and boys; [note: for, not of] 2) educating the public on the benevolent nature of man/boy love; 3) cooperating with the lesbian, gay, and other movements for sexual liberation; 4) supporting the liberation of persons of all ages from sexual prejudice and oppression.
Most Gays feel NAMBLA is a sick organization that most gays find as sick as straights.
Gays refused to allow their participation at many Gay Pride Day festivities including for example in Tampa, Orlando and Miami.
As a Miami Gay reported, a local gay newspaper (which is struggling financially) refused a pre-paid ad from NAMBLA. The Gay and Lesbian Community Center refuses to let them meet there. "NAMBLA" is a sick group and will never earn the respect of the gay community." - Dean Kennedy from Florida.
www.libchrist.com...
then the gay community needs to put a stop to NAMBLA
LewsTherinThelamon
reply to post by WarminIndy
Do you honestly believe, that the entirety of the gay community supports NAMBLA?
While I have no doubts that there are gay men who are closet pedophiles, the same can easily be said about heterosexuals.
A handful of gay men supporting NAMBLA does not equal all gay men supporting NAMBLA.
And what does NAMBLA have to do with gays getting married? Should we stop heterosexual couples from getting married simply because one heterosexual, somewhere, supports NAMBLA?
It seems absurd.edit on 11-10-2013 by LewsTherinThelamon because: (no reason given)
"Many of the men who picked me up so lovingly, would today be stigmatized as pedophiles. They were all kind and respectful and were very important to me. I've seen that same considered manner in most pedophiles I've known, though I don't share their love for children. ... Most, not all, men I've known who were as boys befriended by boy-lovers were grateful to them. Women who act seductively with boys (I often experienced that) are generally ignored -- probably just as well. ... "The upbringing of girls and boys differs so much, that lesbians tend to view all intergenerational sex (or even adult hetero-sex) in "power" terms. Most, not all, boys see it as an adventure, or seek the love their parents fail to give them. ... "Too many in our movement, victims themselves of prejudice and discrimination, pass those hatreds and fears to drag queens, pedophiles, bisexuals, leather men and women, transsexuals, and many other minorities within our community. We talk nicely about diversity, but practicing it is more difficult. ..." ~ Jim Kepner, pioneering gay activist, journalist and founder of the International Gay and Lesbian Archives, Los Angeles.
LewsTherinThelamon
reply to post by WarminIndy
then the gay community needs to put a stop to NAMBLA
Why is it the sole responsibility of gay people to end NAMBLA?
A sentence like that does make it seem as if you are accusing all gay people of being pedophiles--hence it being their responsibility.
But, homosexuality and pedophilia are two separate groups. Shouldn't it be everyone's responsibility to "end NAMBLA?"
LewsTherinThelamon
reply to post by WarminIndy
It sounds like he was saying that he knew pedophiles that were nice to him.
WarminIndy
tell that to the GAY activists supporting NAMBLA.
the gay community needs to put a stop to NAMBLA. I don't see them even trying to.
In 1994 the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) adopted a "Position Statement Regarding NAMBLA" saying GLAAD "deplores the North American Man Boy Love Association's (NAMBLA) goals, which include advocacy for sex between adult men and boys and the removal of legal protections for children. These goals constitute a form of child abuse and are repugnant to GLAAD." Also in 1994 the Board of Directors of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) adopted a resolution on NAMBLA that said: "NGLTF condemns all abuse of minors, both sexual and any other kind, perpetrated by adults. Accordingly, NGLTF condemns the organizational goals of NAMBLA and any other such organization."
N 1994, ILGA expelled NAMBLA and two other groups (MARTIJN and Project Truth) because they were judged to be "groups whose predominant aim is to support or promote pedophilia."
Gregory King of the Human Rights Campaign later said that "NAMBLA is not a gay organization ... They are not part of our community and we thoroughly reject their efforts to insinuate that pedophilia is an issue related to gay and lesbian civil rights.
Homosexual means "sexual attraction to the same gender". Homosexual does not have within its meaning the issue of age. You know what homosexual means.
According to Dr. Fred Berlin, a Johns Hopkins University professor who founded the National Institute for the Study, Prevention and Treatment of Sexual Trauma in Baltimore, Md., pedophilia is a distinct sexual orientation marked by persistent, sometimes exclusive, attraction to prepubescent children.
Pedophiles are attracted, primarily, to children. The sex of those children matter less than that they are children. The sex of victim has more to do with access than sexual orientation.
From USA Today - We do not find a connection between homosexual identity and the increased likelihood of subsequent abuse from the data that we have right now ... It's important to separate the sexual identity and the behavior. Someone can commit sexual acts that might be of a homosexual nature but not have a homosexual identity.
From Mental Disorders of the New Millennium (2006) - Although the majority of clergy abuse victims are males, homosexuality cannot be blamed. First, many of the pedophile priests report that they are not homosexual. This is also true of many non-clergy sex offenders who victimize boys. Many report that they target boys for a variety of reasons that include easier access to boys ... pregnancy fears with female victims ... homosexuals in general have not been found to be more likely to commit sexual crimes against minors compared to heterosexuals. Sexual orientation is not predictive of sex crimes
But if there is a difference, then why isn't the gay community saying there is?
You got a problem here,
WarminIndy
the gay community is benefitting by NAMBLA whether or not they agree with pedophilia. It needs to be addressed by the gay community, because the gay community is supported by NAMBLA.
Does a nice pedophile mean he is an accepted pedophile? Is that what we want our country to turn to? Let's do away with laws protecting 17 year-olds, well then 17 year-olds are fairly smart, so then let's pull the age down to 15 years-old. Well, they are kind of experimenting, but since they like girls and boys at that age, then let's pull it down to 12 years-old. And since 12 year-olds are beginning to like boys and girls, then let's pull the age down to 8 years-old.
That's exactly what NAMBLA is accomplishing.
Christian group: ‘Better to die than live in pro-gay world’
LewsTherinThelamon
But, your reasoning is still off. Even if what you claim is true, we cannot diminish personal liberty because of it, or use it as an excuse to control people's personal lives. You are basically holding liberty hostage.
Two wrongs do not make a right.edit on 11-10-2013 by LewsTherinThelamon because: (no reason given)