Why can't a gay man publicly speak out against this issue and gain some integrity and respect still baffles me
If a gay man did speak out publicly against "man-boy love" or against those who advocate it, do you think anyone would broadcast, publish or give a flying rat's behind about it? No, the news/entertainment industry is far more interested in putting the spotlight on those who advocate the "deviant" point of view in the first place....way more sensational and interesting and comforting for the oceans of people who think all gay men are deviant anyway. I marched in my first gay pride march in Washington DC in 1978 and was uncomfortable then, as I am now, with the inclusion of NAMBLA in the gay movement (if there is a gay movement, but that's another discussion). When I was in college and active in the gay student group, one of the school's tenured faculty members got into hot water because he was found to be molesting, on an ongoing basis, the nine-year-old son of a lesbian friend. It caused all sorts of fraction and friction in the community as some gay men rallied round the guy because he was "just expressing his love" and had long been an active community volunteer and leader. But I think we all knew that something sickening and wrong had happened and that the woman and her son had been terribly used. But, getting back to today's NAMBLA discussion, I want to point out that there is some homophobia in all of this....if an organization of straight people wanted to change the age of consent to 14 for heterosexual relationships (and legal marriages), most people would object, but not with the degree of disgust and anger aimed at the gay pedophiles of NAMBLA. I'm sure a lot of you disagree with that, but I think it's true. Bryan
