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**Sydaycymn** · 04-23-2010, 09:47 PM

This conversation with him is pointless. He's just trying to blame the liberals and the gays and deflect the seriousness of the Church's handling of the abuse by pointing out that OMG! Pedophiles totally exist elsewhere! And you can simultaneously discuss abuse in public schools and the church.

And it doesn't matter how many times we repeat that FACT that most homosexuals are not pedophiles, there are still people who believe that without the gays, the children of the world would be safe from sexual abuse.

And also - so what if the abuse took place 20, 30 years ago? It happened, it was a horrific crime and I'm sure that most of the victims didn't just shrug it off as time went by. Not to mention that the church is fighting awfully hard to make sure that the statute of limitations isn't extended so that they will have to face justice.

Its annoying. It would be one thing if the people that usually front the holier than thou attitude could back it up, but this is just absurd. Its like arguing with a creationist.

04-23-2010, 09:47 PM	#32
Sydaycymn Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 330 Senior Member	This conversation with him is pointless. He's just trying to blame the liberals and the gays and deflect the seriousness of the Church's handling of the abuse by pointing out that OMG! Pedophiles totally exist elsewhere! And you can simultaneously discuss abuse in public schools and the church. And it doesn't matter how many times we repeat that FACT that most homosexuals are not pedophiles, there are still people who believe that without the gays, the children of the world would be safe from sexual abuse. And also - so what if the abuse took place 20, 30 years ago? It happened, it was a horrific crime and I'm sure that most of the victims didn't just shrug it off as time went by. Not to mention that the church is fighting awfully hard to make sure that the statute of limitations isn't extended so that they will have to face justice. Its annoying. It would be one thing if the people that usually front the holier than thou attitude could back it up, but this is just absurd. Its like arguing with a creationist.
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