[SauronOfMordor]

I really have trouble seeing this happening. Beyond the whole "disorder" issue, one of the big reasons that it's a crime is because children are considered to be incapable of informed consent.

I can see a big push by the pedophiles to get age of consent lowered nationwide. Currently, Canada has it at 14, and I can see it being pushed for in the US.

The main targets of gay pedophiles are young teens, rather than pre-adolescants. (The push for lowering consent still further will come later)

Consider the madness that has the US considering that a young person does not have the maturity to drink alcohol responsibly until 21, yet is mature enough to cast a vote for President at 18, and is mature enough to have sex which involves risk of pregnancy or a fatal disease at an even younger age

[-YYZ-]

That brings up an interesting point. Isn't pedophilia, strictly speaking (at least in hetero terms, leaving aside gays for a moment) an unhealthy (ie sick) sexual interest in pre-adolescent children? An interest in adolescent teens under the age of 18 is more socially unacceptable than it is a deviant desire - show me a healthy male who isn't at least somewhat sexually aroused by a healthy 15 year old girl.

[dsc]

"The main targets of gay pedophiles are young teens, rather than pre-adolescants."

I think it's important to keep clear that attraction to teens is a typical symptom of same-sex attraction disorder and not a separate disorder.

This is one of the dirty little truths about SSAD that make it look dangerous and unattractive, so activists try to deny it. One way they do that is to refer to any underage victim as a "child" and attribute such offenses to pedophilia and not SSAD.

The sad fact is that where there are SSAD sufferers, teen boys are at risk, and it has nothing to do with pedophilia (which is an attraction to the pre-pubescent).

[LizardQueen]

Consider the madness that has the US considering that a young person does not have the maturity to drink alcohol responsibly until 21, yet is mature enough to cast a vote for President at 18, and is mature enough to have sex which involves risk of pregnancy or a fatal disease at an even younger age

I agree that this is nuts. And think that half of those kids sent to Iraq couldn't legally drink a beer in celebration when they get home!

My view is that we need to pick a reasonable age when adulthood is declared - I like the idea that it's 17 or 18 (ie. out of high school) and that's when the drinking, marriage, military service, sex, etc. can begin. I don't like the inconsistencies of the laws right now.

LQ