I Told You So

In discussing same-sex “marriage,” homosexuality in general, and related topics, I have frequently predicted that, within the lifetime of my sons (the youngest of whom is now 18), pedophilia (if not bestiality) would have become the “political liberation” issue of the day.

That is, where normal people were once upbraided for looking askance at “single parenthood” (thinking, perhaps, that all parenthood requires initial cooperation, carrying with it responsibility), and now are criticized for being hopelessly backward and “homophobic” for not understanding that there’s no difference between homo-sex and the real thing, we would one day be behind the curve for not understanding that sex with children or animals was just another life-style choice.

I have assumed that this progress would take something like 20 years. Wrong. Reuters reports:

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch pedophiles are launching a political party to push for a cut in the legal age for sexual relations to 12 from 16 and the legalization of child pornography and sex with animals.

The Charity, Freedom and Diversity (NVD) party said on its Web site it would be officially registered Wednesday, proclaiming: "We are going to shake The Hague awake!"

The party said it wanted to cut the legal age for sexual relations to 12 and eventually scrap the limit altogether.

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The party said private possession of child pornography should be allowed although it favors banning the trade of such materials. The broadcast of pornography should be allowed on daytime television, with only violent pornography limited to the late evening, according to the party.

Toddlers should be given sex education and youths aged 16 and up should be allowed to appear in pornographic films and prostitute themselves. Sex with animals should be allowed although abuse of animals should remain illegal, the NVD said.

One cannot help but wonder how they will know what constitutes "abuse of animals."