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| | ===Homosexuality and Pedophilia - Journal of Homosexuality, International Lesbian and Gay Federation (ILGA) and NAMBLA === | | ===Homosexuality and Pedophilia - Journal of Homosexuality, International Lesbian and Gay Federation (ILGA) and NAMBLA === |
| − | There are notable instances of prominent homosexual organizations being permissive towards pedophilia or condoning/promoting pedophilia. For example, the ''[[Journal of Homosexuality]]'' is a academic journal which has featured material that looks upon pedophilia in a generally approvingly manner.<ref>http://www.narth.com/docs/pedophNEW.html</ref><ref>http://www.narth.com/docs/arguecase.html</ref> For example, an article by Dr. Brongersma stated that parents should not view a pedophile "as a rival or competitor, not as a thief of their property, but as a partner in the boy's upbringing, someone to be welcomed into their home..."<ref>http://www.narth.com/docs/arguecase.html</ref> | + | There are notable instances of prominent homosexual organizations being permissive towards pedophilia or condoning/promoting pedophilia. For example, the ''[[Journal of Homosexuality]]'' is an academic journal which has featured material that looks upon pedophilia in a generally approvingly manner.<ref>http://www.narth.com/docs/pedophNEW.html</ref><ref>http://www.narth.com/docs/arguecase.html</ref> For example, an article by Dr. Brongersma stated that parents should not view a pedophile "as a rival or competitor, not as a thief of their property, but as a partner in the boy's upbringing, someone to be welcomed into their home..."<ref>http://www.narth.com/docs/arguecase.html</ref> |
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| | The International Lesbian and Gay Association was founded in 1978 and is a world-wide network of national and local homosexual groups has more than 620 member organizations.<ref>http://www.ilga.org/</ref> In 1993 the ILGA obtained consultative status on the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) but in 1994 they lost their status due to groups within their membership, most notably the [[North American Man/Boy Love Association]] (NAMBLA) and Vereniging MARTIJN, advocating pedophilia or expressing solidarity with pro-pedophilia groups.<ref>http://americansfortruth.com/issues/government-promotion/united-nations/</ref> ILGA expelled the groups associated with pedophilia but they were denied | | The International Lesbian and Gay Association was founded in 1978 and is a world-wide network of national and local homosexual groups has more than 620 member organizations.<ref>http://www.ilga.org/</ref> In 1993 the ILGA obtained consultative status on the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) but in 1994 they lost their status due to groups within their membership, most notably the [[North American Man/Boy Love Association]] (NAMBLA) and Vereniging MARTIJN, advocating pedophilia or expressing solidarity with pro-pedophilia groups.<ref>http://americansfortruth.com/issues/government-promotion/united-nations/</ref> ILGA expelled the groups associated with pedophilia but they were denied |
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| | In 1995, without giving specific age ranges of homosexual adolescents' sexual partners, medical researchers stated the following regarding youths seeking help at the only homosexual identified agency New York City: "...many homosexual male adolescents have sexual relationships with homosexual men, the group with the highest prevalence for AIDS."<ref>[http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/152/4/588 ''Predicting patterns of sexual acts among homosexual and bisexual youths'', MJ Rotheram-Borus, M Rosario, H Reid and C Koopman, American Journal of Psychiatry, volume 152 , 1995, page 589]</ref> | | In 1995, without giving specific age ranges of homosexual adolescents' sexual partners, medical researchers stated the following regarding youths seeking help at the only homosexual identified agency New York City: "...many homosexual male adolescents have sexual relationships with homosexual men, the group with the highest prevalence for AIDS."<ref>[http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/152/4/588 ''Predicting patterns of sexual acts among homosexual and bisexual youths'', MJ Rotheram-Borus, M Rosario, H Reid and C Koopman, American Journal of Psychiatry, volume 152 , 1995, page 589]</ref> |
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| − | Given that the adolescent HIV infection was seen as a problem in the late 1980's, the failure of medical researchers to publish material in the past regarding the age ranges of the individuals infecting adolescents is inexcusable. The pro-homosexaulity publication ''The Advocate'' stated the following regarding adolescent HIV infection on March 24, 1992 in a article entitled ''America's Worst Kept Secret - AIDS is devastating the Nation's Teenager and Gay Kids are Dying by the Thousands'': | + | Given that the adolescent HIV infection was seen as a problem in the late 1980s, the failure of medical researchers to publish material in the past regarding the age ranges of the individuals infecting adolescents is inexcusable. The pro-homosexaulity publication ''The Advocate'' stated the following regarding adolescent HIV infection on March 24, 1992 in an article entitled ''America's Worst Kept Secret - AIDS is devastating the Nation's Teenager and Gay Kids are Dying by the Thousands'': |
| | {{cquote|And while adolescents currently represent only 2% of the AIDS cases reported by the CDC, for the past six years the number of adolescent case of AIDS has doubled every 14 months, which is, according to [[epidemiology|epidemiologists]], the same rate of expansion seen in the gay male population in the first few years of the epidemic. | | {{cquote|And while adolescents currently represent only 2% of the AIDS cases reported by the CDC, for the past six years the number of adolescent case of AIDS has doubled every 14 months, which is, according to [[epidemiology|epidemiologists]], the same rate of expansion seen in the gay male population in the first few years of the epidemic. |
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