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Title: NC lawmaker: Pedophilia is like homosexuality
Source: WBTV
URL Source: http://www.wbtv.com/story/25867562/ ... cebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Published: Jun 30, 2014
Author: WBTV
Post Date: 2014-06-30 01:33:00 by Lorie Meacham
Keywords: None
Views: 211
Comments: 8

RALEIGH, NC (AP) - As North Carolina lawmakers debated a proposal to prevent charter schools from discriminating against applicants based on sexual orientation, one representative suggested Tuesday that adult sexual attraction to children is a sexual orientation like homosexuality.

The amendment was tabled by Republicans, preventing a vote on it. But during the debate, Republican Rep. Paul Stam, R-Wake, said pedophilia, masochism and other illegal sexual practices are sexual orientations like homosexuality and he questioned the role adults who are sexually attracted to children might have in schools.

Several lawmakers called those comments offensive. After the House session, Twitter lit up with criticism of Stam's comments from other lawmakers and left- leaning advocacy groups.

The amendment from Rep. Susan Fisher, D-Buncombe, would "prohibit a charter school from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity."

In response, Stam handed out a sheet listing what he said were 30 different sexual orientations. He argued the definition of sexual orientation must be narrowed, otherwise it would include masochism, sadism, pedophilia, along with homosexuality and heterosexuality.

"Sexual orientation is not defined anywhere," he said. "Many, many sexual orientations are not the ones you want to have teaching kids in schools," he said. "You may think you know what you mean by this but you don't."

Stam asked Fisher to take a question, and she refused. No one else in the chamber would either.

"Well I think the response speaks for itself," he said.

In rebuttal to Stam, Rep. Marcus Brandon, D-Guilford, argued that pedophilia is not a sexual orientation.

"It's offensive. Pedophilia is not a sexuality, it is a disease. It is a problem that has to be addressed outside of this body," he said. Brandon said the bigger issue in North Carolina is policies that treat some people as second-class citizens. "I don't think you should be able to do that," he added.

On its website, the American Psychological Association says sexual orientation "refers to an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions to men, women, or both sexes," and also refers to a person's sense of identity. It also says, "The American Psychological Association maintains that pedophilia is a mental disorder; that sex between adults and children is always wrong; and that acting on pedophilic impulses is and should be a criminal act."

An email request and phone call to Stam seeking comment was not immediately returned Tuesday night.

The House approved the changes to the charter school law, including making them subject to state open records law, allowing them to grow one grade level per year.

It also removed a provision prohibiting charter schools from discriminating against applications on the basis of ethnicity, national origin, gender or disability. And it allowed schools with single gender missions to limit admission on the basis of boys and girls, which the previous version had banned.

Charter school teachers also would be allowed to serve on the school's board of directors as non-voting members and make charter renewals valid for 10 years, unless specific conditions warrant a shorter charter.

Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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#1. To: Lorie Meacham (#0)

Gays and peds have been regarded as perverts but would be interesting to sees stats on the incidence of pedophilia among gays.

Tatarewicz  posted on  2014-06-30   1:50:59 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Tatarewicz (#1)

but would be interesting to sees stats on the incidence of pedophilia among gays.

You don't know? Seriously?

It's called pederasty.

Here's a clue: 85% of abuse in the Catholic Church was a case of adult priest on teen altar boys.

Get it? That's one best example.

Crime stats of adult male + teen/child unlawful sex gets messed up because young males are reluctant to admit to parents or teachers that they've been raped/violated. Girls always tell their elders these days because society encourages them to do so. Not the same for boys/young men. They are not supported re: saying they were victimized.

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#3. To: scrapper2 (#2)

But we don't know what percentage of abusers were gay.

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