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Originally Posted by shinerbock
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying this is true or that even if it were gay people should be punished or treated like child molestors. I think we all agree that child molestors generally have an attraction to abnormally young people and this is unnatural. According to them, and the medical community I believe, they can't help it. So what then, would we say to people who claim that like people attracted to children, people attracted to the same sex also have a mental disorder. Is the fact that child molestors hurt the innocent, or those who can't make wise decisions, the reasoning for it being a disorder? Or is it that they are attracted to abnormally young people? What if someone had feelings of attraction towards children, but resisted it, is that still a disorder? If so, how would you respond to those who believe being gay is a mental "disorder"? If they are both innate things they cannot choose, what makes a normal but semi-rare attraction, while the other is a mental disorder?
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I think you are having a little trouble getting over the concept of a learned/developed sexual preference (say attraction to children) and a genetic pre-disposition towards a sexual preference (homosexuality/bisexuality).
Now you'd be hard pressed to present cases of sexual attraction to children manifesting itself before an individual's sexual maturity... whereas the opposite is true for homosexuality or bisexuality; as there are many cases and studies dating back well over 50 years and throughout the historic record for that matter.