NAMBLA . . . say what?
Last week I had breakfast with a friend of mine (a minister), and we talked about the growing number of pedophile cases in our society and their (often) lack of punishment by the courts. As the conversation continued, he asked me if I could make others aware of a "trend", since I am in touch with thousands of pastors and Christians via my sites.
He told me about a website and an organization that has been in existence for quite some time and seems to gain continued acceptance. Not only is the site a highly visited site, but the idea is defended by the ACLU.
So I did some research and I could not believe my eyes: "I Was In Shock"
As I visited the NAMBLA site , and read the pages of the site I wondered where we as society have gone wrong. . . . ?
I wondered what I can do as a minister to reverse such trend of acceptance. (read the ACLU position in a case against the organization)
We, as the church, often quarrel about the issues of our faith and we sometimes forget the hands-on (important) opportunity to serve our God when it comes to social justice, and moral issues like this. . . . and what will be next, if we do not do anything?
Who will loudly proclaim that this behavior is morally wrong, when NAMBLA cites research such as A Meta-Analytic Examination of Assumed Properties of Child Sexual Abuse Using College Samples, which was published in the Psychological Bulletin in 1998. NAMBLA devoted a web page to a brief overview of the study under the heading "The Good News About Man/Boy Love," and claimed the study showed, "On average, nearly 70% of males in the studies reported that as children or adolescents their sexual experiences with adults had been positive or neutral."
. . . Well are you in shock yet?
He told me about a website and an organization that has been in existence for quite some time and seems to gain continued acceptance. Not only is the site a highly visited site, but the idea is defended by the ACLU.
So I did some research and I could not believe my eyes: "I Was In Shock"
As I visited the NAMBLA site , and read the pages of the site I wondered where we as society have gone wrong. . . . ?I wondered what I can do as a minister to reverse such trend of acceptance. (read the ACLU position in a case against the organization)
We, as the church, often quarrel about the issues of our faith and we sometimes forget the hands-on (important) opportunity to serve our God when it comes to social justice, and moral issues like this. . . . and what will be next, if we do not do anything?
Who will loudly proclaim that this behavior is morally wrong, when NAMBLA cites research such as A Meta-Analytic Examination of Assumed Properties of Child Sexual Abuse Using College Samples, which was published in the Psychological Bulletin in 1998. NAMBLA devoted a web page to a brief overview of the study under the heading "The Good News About Man/Boy Love," and claimed the study showed, "On average, nearly 70% of males in the studies reported that as children or adolescents their sexual experiences with adults had been positive or neutral."
. . . Well are you in shock yet?
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