Please. Ephebophiles. TEENS. It's not a foolish argument, it's reality. If you're going to bash the Church, do so from a position of REALITY. In case you've forgotten, we send CHILDREN (young adults) into war.
A definition: (From wikipedia, but it's accurate)
Because most late adolescents have physical characteristics near (or in other cases, identical) to that of full-grown adults, some level of sexual attraction to persons in the age group is common among adults of all sexual orientations.[6] The term ephebophilia is used only to describe the preference for mid-to-late adolescent sexual partners, not the mere presence of some level of sexual attraction. Such a distinct preference for individuals in mid or late adolescence is not generally regarded by psychologists as a pathology when it does not interfere with other major areas of one's life. Ephebophilia is not listed by name as a mental disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR), or the ICD-10, nor is it listed as a paraphilia. This is as opposed to pedophilia, which is categorized as a specific disorder in those systems with its own diagnostic criteria. However, ephebophilia can sometimes be diagnosed as a disorder if it results in dysfunction or exploitative behavior, either under the DSM specification 309.2, "Paraphilia Not Otherwise Specified", or under the ICD-10 F65.8 "Other disorders of sexual preference".[14][15]
But if Wikipedia says that raping a thirteen year old is somehow qualitativly different than raping a ten year old that makes all the difference, doesn’t it? But perhaps not if you think both were lying.
What an utterly disgusting line of rationalizing nonsense!!!