Pedophiles - those who like to have sexual intimacy with children - are
seeking similar status as gays. Their argument: that their desire for
children is a sexual orientation no different than heterosexual or
homosexuals.
Greeleygazette reports
Using the same tactics used by “gay” rights activists, pedophiles have
begun to seek similar status arguing their desire for children is a
sexual orientation no different than heterosexual or homosexuals.
Critics of the homosexual lifestyle have long claimed that once it
became acceptable to identify homosexuality as simply an “alternative
lifestyle” or sexual orientation, logically nothing would be off limits.
"Gay” advocates have taken offense at such a position
insisting this would never happen. However, psychiatrists are now
beginning to advocate redefining pedophilia in the same way
homosexuality was redefined several years ago.
In 1973 the American Psychiatric Association declassified
homosexuality from its list of mental disorders. A group of
psychiatrists with B4U-Act recently held a symposium proposing a new
definition of pedophilia in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Health Disorders of the APA.
B4U-Act calls pedophiles “minor-attracted people.” The
organization’s website states its purpose is to, “help mental health
professionals learn more about attraction to minors and to consider the
effects of stereotyping, stigma and fear.”
In 1998 The APA issued a report claiming “that the ‘negative
potential’ of adult sex with children was ‘overstated’ and that ‘the
vast majority of both men and women reported no negative sexual effects
from childhood sexual abuse experiences.”
Pedophilia has already been granted protected status by the Federal
Government. The Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes
Prevention Act lists “sexual orientation” as a protected class; however,
it does not define the term.
Republicans attempted to add an amendment specifying that
“pedophilia is not covered as an orientation;” however, the amendment
was defeated by Democrats. Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fl) stated that all
alternative sexual lifestyles should be protected under the law. “This
bill addresses our resolve to end violence based on prejudice and to
guarantee that all Americans, regardless of race, color, religion,
national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or
disability or all of these ‘philias’ and fetishes and ‘isms’ that were
put forward need not live in fear because of who they are. I urge my
colleagues to vote in favor of this rule.”
The White House praised the bill saying, “At root, this isn’t just
about our laws; this is about who we are as a people. This is about
whether we value one another — whether we embrace our differences
rather than allowing them to become a source of animus.”
Earlier this year two psychologists in Canada declared that
pedophilia is a sexual orientation just like homosexuality or
heterosexuality.
Van Gijseghem, psychologist and retired professor of the University
of Montreal, told members of Parliament, “Pedophiles are not simply
people who commit a small offense from time to time but rather are
grappling with what is equivalent to a sexual orientation just like
another individual may be grappling with heterosexuality or even
homosexuality.”
He went on to say, “True pedophiles have an exclusive preference
for children, which is the same as having a sexual orientation. You
cannot change this person’s sexual orientation. He may, however, remain
abstinent.”
When asked if he should be comparing pedophiles to homosexuals, Van
Gijseghem replied, “If, for instance, you were living in a society
where heterosexuality is proscribed or prohibited and you were told that
you had to get therapy to change your sexual orientation, you would
probably say that that is slightly crazy. In other words, you would not
accept that at all. I use this analogy to say that, yes indeed,
pedophiles do not change their sexual orientation.”
Dr. Quinsey, professor emeritus of psychology at Queen’s University
in Kingston, Ontario, agreed with Van Gijseghem. Quinsey said
pedophiles’ sexual interests prefer children and, “There is no evidence
that this sort of preference can be changed through treatment or through
anything else.”
In July, 2010 Harvard health Publications said, “Pedophilia is a
sexual orientation and unlikely to change. Treatment aims to enable
someone to resist acting on his sexual urges.”
Linda Harvey, of Mission America, said the push for pedophiles to
have equal rights will become more and more common as LGBT groups
continue to assert themselves. “It’s all part of a plan to introduce sex
to children at younger and younger ages; to convince them that normal
friendship is actually a sexual attraction.”
Sex offender laws protecting children have been challenged in
several states including California, Georgia and Iowa. Sex offenders
claim the laws prohibiting them from living near schools or parks are
unfair because it penalizes them for life.
