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remember the pedophilia is just fine, and not harmful to the children victims, report that the APA published a few years ago

Why do people continue to repeat this lie? The APA never published any studies stating that adult-child sex was not "harmful" (and in fact they released a press release affirming that their position is that it is harmful).

One study appears that suggests (not concludes -- it wasn't a complete enough study for conclusions) that child sexual abuse might not be as harmful for some victims as previously thought (though it is still harmful period) and NARTH twists it into an advocation of pedophilia.

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Why do people continue to repeat this lie? The APA never published any studies stating that adult-child sex was not "harmful" (and in fact they released a press release affirming that their position is that it is harmful).

Oh... they only said that is is not as harmful as once believed. Yeah... BIG difference there. You are acting like a sleaze-ball lawyer trying to defend the indefensible on this one. According to the study, sexual relationships between adults and children are not as harmful as once believed, and not all childhood victims of sexual abuse necessarily suffer mental illness as a result. YES, the APA, by minimizing the effects on the child, of an adult having sex with children, is taking steps toward normalizing it if not condoning it.

And, the DSM-IV Bible now contends, unless "the fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning" (DSM-IV, p. 528). So long as adults having sexual activity with children are not impaired or distressed by their behavior, there is no DSM-IV diagnosable mental disorder. So, as long as the pedophile functions "normally" on the job and out and about other people.

And, yes, only after a LOT of outrage, from the public and Congressman Tom DeLay, over the report, did the APA Board of Trustees finally write a resolution that stated that the APA "repudiates and disassociates itself from any organization or publication that advocates sexual interaction between children and adults."

Just as NOW no longer is about women's rights, rather it is about liberal advocacy, the APA has become a political advocate. In 1973 the APA made a politicized decision to take homosexuality off its list of disorders. Now they have headed the same direction with pedophilia.