To: pollyannaish
The statistics concerning homosexual vs. heterosexual pedophilia & violence towards children are a bit tricky:
With homosexuals of both genders being only something like 3% or less of the total population, their actual number of such offenses is less than that of heterosexuals.
However, using as an example the likely figure of male homosexuals being involved in 30-40% of ALL pedophilia, they are statistically far more likely to be a threat to children.
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03/26/2006 1:56:56 PM PST by
GMMAC
(paraphrasing Parrish: "damned Liberals, I hate those bastards!")
To: GMMAC
I don't disagree with your statistics.
But let's say that 30 or 40% of the people that perpetrate a certain crime are Christians? Or Americans? Or Freepers? Does that make the other 60 or 70% of us guilty?
Just because something is more likely in a given group, does not mean it is right to tar and feather the majority.
Like I said, there are fair and legitimate reasons to oppose gay marriage. But this kind of argument undercuts that because it is provably not true in the majority of cases. Sick people are sick people...no matter what group they may be affiliated with.
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