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- Path: sparky!uunet!meaddata!markw
- From: markw@meaddata.com (Mark Wasson)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Pedophilia as sexual orientation
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 17:36:32 GMT
- Organization: Mead Data Central, Dayton OH
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- There is a discussion on our company's local net concerning pedophilia as
- one type of sexual orientation. Although the thread did start with
- someone mentioning homosexuals and pedophilia in the same sentence, the
- two have now been separated in the discussion.
-
- The discussion has brought up the question of whether laws put in place to
- provide civil rights protection on the basis of sexual orientation would
- somehow include pedophilia as a sexual orientation.
-
- I assume that current laws protecting minors from sexual imposition by
- adults regardless of gender preference would still apply. However, if
- pedophilia is a sexual orientation, how far would the rights of the
- pedophile extend. Presumably they end where the rights of the child begin,
- but would a daycare center, for example, be able to query potential
- employees on this?
-
- Any comments, suggestions, etc., so that I can hold up my end of the
- argument?
-
- Mark
-