Personally I have no liberals who are coming to Sandusky's defense and few who are upbraiding PSU for firing Paterno
To answer the question: Children are only young once. Molesting a child is the most selfish act one can commit. One is literally stealing moments from a child's life that can never be replaced.
When one thinks of one's first sexual encounter the memories are invariably pleasant--perhaps awkward--but memories one will carry throughout life.
Sandusky has planted himself into the memories of all his victims for the rest of their lives. My heart goes out to his victims who will always have Sandusky to "thank" for turning them out into sex.
Who the hell does he think he is to bring the "gift of sex" if you will, to these boys? They will never experience the joy, the wonder, the mystery that goes with discovering "what adults do."
This is why what Sandusky did is wrong.
My point is that liberals push for the age of consent to be lowered to 12. If sex is just a legal issue then eventually what Sandusky did won’t be wrong will it?
Imagine these same boys, now dealing with the issues you’ve bring up, getting involved in the same lifestyle with adult males, but when they’re adults. Is that wrong?
We have to break the cycle and part of that is recognizing sexual deviancy for what it is and not accepting it as normal.