Iowa approves same sex marriage

[Luissa]

Sorry, sweetie, but the only myth here is the one where pedophilia cancels out homosexuality. If you're sexually attracted to the same sex as yourself, you're a homosexual. If those same-sex people are underage, then you're a homosexual pedophile. Period. Deal with it. Saying that you can't be both homosexual and a pedophile is like saying you can't be both homosexual and into S/M. They aren't mutually exclusive.



Ooh, wow. You found a homosexual propaganda site to deny any possibility that homosexuals can be just as sick and perverted as anyone else on the planet. Good for you. Maybe now you can find a tinfoil hat website to "prove" to us that space aliens live among us. It'll have about the same weight and credibility.

here is some more facts sweetie!

The number of victims of childhood sexual abuse and molestation grows each year. This horrific crime is directly tied to the growth of pornography on the Internet. Studies conducted by the FBI have shown that pornography is extremely influential in the actions of sex offenders and serial murders. Further, statistics show that 90 percent of the predators who molest children have had some type of involvement with pornography. According to Charles Keating of Citizens for Decency Through Law, research reveals that 77% of child molesters of boys and 87% of child molesters of girls admitted imitating the sexual behavior they had seen in pornography they had watched. Roughly 33% of girls and 14% of boys are molested before the age of 18, according to the U.S. Justice Department

Child Molestation Statistics


1 in 4 girls is sexually abused before the age of 18. (96)
1 in 6 boys is sexually abused before the age of 18. (96

Statistics, Prevalence and Consequences of Child Sexual Abuse


B. Gay Adults Do Not Present a Heightened Danger of Sexual Abuse.

One manifestation of prejudice has been the allegation that gay men pose a particular danger to children. However, all available research data and clinical experience indicates that gay men are not more likely than heterosexual men to sexually abuse children. A study of children seen for sexual abuse in a one-year period at a Denver children's hospital, for example, found that less than one percent of the identified adult offenders were gay or lesbian. Of the 219 abused girls, only one instance of abuse had been attributed to a lesbian. Of the 50 abused boys, only one instance of abuse had been attributed to a gay man. In contrast, 88 percent of the offenders had documented heterosexual relationships and most were heterosexual partners of a family member (77 percent of those who abused the girls and 74 percent of those who abused the boys).35/

One source of confusion in this area is that many men who sexually abuse boys are not themselves homosexual. Rather, they are attracted, entirely or predominately, to children. These men have never developed a mature sexual orientation, either heterosexual or homosexual.36/ One study of 175 adult males who had been convicted in Massachusetts for sexual assault of a child found that 47 percent were exclusively interested in children, 40 percent were regressed heterosexuals, and 13 percent were regressed bisexuals.37/ None had an exclusively homosexual orientation, and none of those who were bisexual were primarily attracted to men.38/

Assertions to the contrary by Family Research Council and others cannot be considered reliable. These amici seriously mischaracterize research39/ and rely on dubious sources.40/ Their presumption that homosexual men are pedophiles is contrary to the legitimate research in the field, just as any such presumption about heterosexual men would be.41/

PsycLAW: Boys Scouts of America v. Dale Amicus Brief

I guess also the APA has a homosexual agenda also!

Yup, they do. The APA has long been a politically-motivated and influenced body, making decisions based on popular pressure rather that research.

I have no idea what point you're trying to make here other than that you can find lots of people to make the same excuses you can with the same lack of substantiation, "sweetie". Am I supposed to be impressed that you can find lots of people to reassure you that being a homosexual automatically makes one immune to being a sick bastard?

never said it makes them immune! YOu did say they are more likely to molest children or be a pedaphile which is not true!
And from what I see your decision and opinion on homosexuals is based on political motivations and religion and the only research backing up your claims is by religious people or right wingers motivated by political and emotional reasons.

 

[Luissa]

Yup, they do. The APA has long been a politically-motivated and influenced body, making decisions based on popular pressure rather that research.

I take it someone's still a bit spiteful over the removal of homosexuality from the DSM? To be frank, its prior classification had more relations to political concerns than its removal did.

pretty much! She would probably also like them to classify liberalism as a mental disorder also.

 

[Cecilie1200]

here is some more facts sweetie!

The number of victims of childhood sexual abuse and molestation grows each year. This horrific crime is directly tied to the growth of pornography on the Internet. Studies conducted by the FBI have shown that pornography is extremely influential in the actions of sex offenders and serial murders. Further, statistics show that 90 percent of the predators who molest children have had some type of involvement with pornography. According to Charles Keating of Citizens for Decency Through Law, research reveals that 77% of child molesters of boys and 87% of child molesters of girls admitted imitating the sexual behavior they had seen in pornography they had watched. Roughly 33% of girls and 14% of boys are molested before the age of 18, according to the U.S. Justice Department

Child Molestation Statistics


1 in 4 girls is sexually abused before the age of 18. (96)
1 in 6 boys is sexually abused before the age of 18. (96

Statistics, Prevalence and Consequences of Child Sexual Abuse


B. Gay Adults Do Not Present a Heightened Danger of Sexual Abuse.

One manifestation of prejudice has been the allegation that gay men pose a particular danger to children. However, all available research data and clinical experience indicates that gay men are not more likely than heterosexual men to sexually abuse children. A study of children seen for sexual abuse in a one-year period at a Denver children's hospital, for example, found that less than one percent of the identified adult offenders were gay or lesbian. Of the 219 abused girls, only one instance of abuse had been attributed to a lesbian. Of the 50 abused boys, only one instance of abuse had been attributed to a gay man. In contrast, 88 percent of the offenders had documented heterosexual relationships and most were heterosexual partners of a family member (77 percent of those who abused the girls and 74 percent of those who abused the boys).35/

One source of confusion in this area is that many men who sexually abuse boys are not themselves homosexual. Rather, they are attracted, entirely or predominately, to children. These men have never developed a mature sexual orientation, either heterosexual or homosexual.36/ One study of 175 adult males who had been convicted in Massachusetts for sexual assault of a child found that 47 percent were exclusively interested in children, 40 percent were regressed heterosexuals, and 13 percent were regressed bisexuals.37/ None had an exclusively homosexual orientation, and none of those who were bisexual were primarily attracted to men.38/

Assertions to the contrary by Family Research Council and others cannot be considered reliable. These amici seriously mischaracterize research39/ and rely on dubious sources.40/ Their presumption that homosexual men are pedophiles is contrary to the legitimate research in the field, just as any such presumption about heterosexual men would be.41/

PsycLAW: Boys Scouts of America v. Dale Amicus Brief

I guess also the APA has a homosexual agenda also!

Yup, they do. The APA has long been a politically-motivated and influenced body, making decisions based on popular pressure rather that research.

I have no idea what point you're trying to make here other than that you can find lots of people to make the same excuses you can with the same lack of substantiation, "sweetie". Am I supposed to be impressed that you can find lots of people to reassure you that being a homosexual automatically makes one immune to being a sick bastard?

never said it makes them immune! YOu did say they are more likely to molest children or be a pedaphile which is not true!
And from what I see your decision and opinion on homosexuals is based on political motivations and religion and the only research backing up your claims is by religious people or right wingers motivated by political and emotional reasons.

I said they have a higher percentage of molesters than the general population does, which to my mind has a different connotation. "They're more likely to be child molesters" sounds like I'm saying all homosexuals should be viewed suspiciously as potential pedophiles.

You have no frigging clue what my opinion about homosexuals is, let alone what it's motivated on, so I will thank you to stop projecting YOUR issues onto me in order to demonize me. If you EVER hear me make an argument against homosexuality based on religious reasons or citing only religious sources (which, by the way, YOU mentioned, not me), THEN you may start railing at me. Until then, it looks to me like YOU are the only one dwelling on what the religious folk say.

 

[Cecilie1200]

Yup, they do. The APA has long been a politically-motivated and influenced body, making decisions based on popular pressure rather that research.

I take it someone's still a bit spiteful over the removal of homosexuality from the DSM? To be frank, its prior classification had more relations to political concerns than its removal did.

pretty much! She would probably also like them to classify liberalism as a mental disorder also.

Don't blame me if you're no argument whatsoever in favor of liberals being sane.

 

[chrismac]

I knew the APA was in the tank for the liberals and the gays when they released a study that made the groundbreaking discovery that gay marriage bans (i.e. Prop 8) cause distress in gay families. LOLWTF? Pbbt, get the fuck out of here.

The APA is a sham.