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An '''interest group''' (also called '''pressure group''' or '''Advocacy group''') is a group whose members have the same concerns about a political issue, and try to influence the public policy that impact those concerns. In other words, it is an organized group of concerned citizens who advocate policy change. Interest groups often engaging in [[lobbying]] to advance their cause. Interest groups can be [[insider pressure groups]] or [[outsider pressure groups]].

An '''interest group''' (also called '''pressure group''' or '''Advocacy group''') is a group whose members have the same concerns about a political issue, and try to influence the public policy that impact those concerns. In other words, it is an organized group of concerned citizens who advocate policy change. Interest groups often engaging in [[lobbying]] to advance their cause. Interest groups can be [[insider pressure groups]] or [[outsider pressure groups]].

The lobbyists of small radical groups which attempt to advance their own interests at expense of common good and public welfare camouflage themselves as so called "experts."<ref name="Kuby2015">{{cite book |title=The Global Sexual Revolution: Destruction of Freedom in the Name of Freedom |author=Gabriele Kuby |translator=James Patrick Kirchner |publisher=Angelico Press |year=2015 |isbne=978-16213-81556 |pages=87 |quote=page reference is from Slovak translation |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=-8C1jgEACAAJ }}</ref>

The lobbyists of small radical groups which attempt to advance their own interests at expense of common good and public welfare camouflage themselves as so called "experts."<ref name="Kuby2015">{{cite book |title=The Global Sexual Revolution: Destruction of Freedom in the Name of Freedom |author=Gabriele Kuby |translator=James Patrick Kirchner |publisher=Angelico Press |year=2015 |isbne=978-16213-81556 |pages=87 |quote=page reference is from Slovak translation |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=-8C1jgEACAAJ }}</ref> For example, Dr. [[Hubert Van Gijseghem]], psychologist and retired professor of the University of Montreal and 'expert' on the issue of [[Child abuse|sexual offenses against children]], claimed, during the parliamentary session in [[Canada]], that ''“True [[pedophile]]s have an exclusive preference for children, which is the same as having a [[sexual orientation]].  You cannot change this person’s sexual orientation.”'' One columnist in the Toronto Sun, Brian Lilley, expressed shock at Van Gijseghem’s testimony and argued that ''“it’s time to take our country back by ignoring the ‘experts.’”''<ref>{{cite web |title=Pedophilia a ‘sexual orientation’ experts tell Parliament |author=Rebecca Millette |publisher=LIFESITE |date=28 Feb 2011 |url=https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pedophilia-a-sexual-orientation-experts-tell-parliament |accessdate=18 Dec 2016}}</ref>

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