Condoning homosexuality is not condoning child molestation

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I don't know why some homophobes equate acceptance of homosexuality with acceptance of pedophilia. I can really only think of one similarity between the two, and that's that they are illegal in many countries.

Homosexuality is pretty much the same as heterosexuality. Only difference is that homosexuality involves people of the same sex, while heterosexuality involves people of the opposite sex.

As far as child molestation goes, there's several reasons why it's still illegal and taboo around the world. For one, it involves a child and an adult. There's a huge unhealthy power dynamic involved that allows the adult to manipulate and exploit the child as they see fit. The adult can use their experience, authority, age, and knowledge to manipulate the child. Even if the child "consents" to the sexual activity, that doesn't mean they aren't being manipulated, and their brains aren't developed enough to get properly understand what entails getting involved in such activity with adults.

Time and time again, the victims of child molestation have shown that it's extremely harmful to them emotionally and physically. For people to even attempt to equate legalizing homosexuality to legalizing child abuse is, in my opinion, pretty distasteful and disrespectful.

Because some people cannot overcome the fact that some pedophilia -- certainly the most famous cases -- involve grown men exploiting young boys (e.g., Catholic priests and male children).

Because it is not mainstream, for men to have sex with men. Just like it is not mainstream for adults to have sex with children.

Well, homosexuality is much more mainstream nowadays in the Western world than adults having sex with children, with gay marriage being legal and everything. Even so, it's still not a good argument, because the similarity really stops there when you compare homosexuality to adults having sex with children. That's why I made this post to begin with.

Next time a homophobe brings up that silliness to you, counter them with the alarming amount of reports of Baptist men (especially pastors) molesting young girls.

Homophobes generally lack critical thinking and mainstream Christianity is largely to blame for this.