No, but only the religious fanatics consistently try to connect the two, as if the supporters of marriage equality are all members of NMBLA. Guess what? Most of us aren't. So why do you keep trying to resort to that silly "slippery slope" fallacy?
Bullshit. Amusing, but still bullshit. The fact is you can't name a single proponent of marriage equality who also supports the 'right" to "marry your 9-year-old niece". But, the latter sounds really icky, so it makes for a really good emotional argument to make people afraid of "The Gheys" getting married. Guess what? NAMBLA has been around since 1978, and yet their causes have not, in over 30 years, gained any support from Progressive caucuses. So, to suggest that just because Progressives support marriage equality means that they are suddenly going to reverse 30 years of political ideology is nothing more than moronic fear-mongering. But, hey! You keep pushing that fear of "The Gheys"! After all, that message seems to be working so well for you guys...
Maybe they didn't found that organization, but half of the members are probably catholic priests.
Of course if you generalize about a liberal protected status group you are a bigot, a racist, and a somethingphobe. But you get the generalize about groups you have to shame in admitting hatred of.
I assume you have sources for those claims...
13? Not so much. 14? I don't know. I mean, just 70 years ago 14 was considered perfectly acceptable marrying age, and 21 was considered "spinster". There is a plethora of data indicating that 14 is the average age for sexual maturity. Unfortunately there is not a single study devoted to emotional, and cognitive maturity. There is plenty of neurological evidence that frontal cortex doesn't completely mature until age 26. However, there is not a single group study done to measure the emotional, and cognitive maturity of adolescents. I have maintained for sometime that our current age of consent laws are completely arbitrary. I have further posited that we need to Masters and Johnson style study of emotional, and cognitive abilities among adolescents. if that study indicates that 14 is the typical age at which adolescents are able to make rational decisions, then the age of consent should be lowered to 14. If it is 16, it should be 16. If it is 20, then it should be raised to 20. The point is that "age of consent" laws should be based of rational, evidence of the ability to offer consent, not on what makes mommies, and daddies "feel comfortable".
Actually Savage is right. pedophilia isn't a crime; it is a sexual preference. Sexual misconduct with a minor is a crime. It's kinda like racism. I can be a racist all day long. And so long as I never burn a cross on someone's lawn, or hang, and beat a black man, then I cannot be arrested. We do not criminalize thoughts and feelings, only actions. This is why pedophilia can be diagnosed, and treated, but not criminalized. It is simply not a crime.
