A number of decades ago, there was a quotation from somewhere which associated pedophilia, bestiality, polygamy, and homosexuality with each other.... Am not sure where this quotation came from but I've heard different people referring to it within the past 10 years, or so....
Would like to ask if these comparisons are fair??? I think bestiality and polygamy aren't so relevant; and there may be a few gays who are pedophiles but there are also heterosexual men who are pedophiles.... I think it's an irrational fear to say that all gays may be pedophiles--or even to raise that suggestion...!
A while ago, I heard of a story--maybe from the 1960s I think?--where a pastor found out a church member was a homosexual. And the pastor announced during the church services that so-and-so was a homosexual, and people should beware and keep their children away from him. I think that was an awful thing to happen! The pastor was quite ignorant about homosexuality, at the time.... But it has taken our society time to understand these matters....
Have read on the Internet that the American Psychiatric Association used to list 30 categories of sexual orientation in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, including pedophilia, masochism, sadism, and zoophilia (bestiality). But these kinds of attractions have since been re-classified as mental disorders.... It was in the 1970s, I believe, when homosexuality was no longer seen as a psychiatric illness; and I believe that's correct.... There may be some psychological issues, as I've written before, but they're not mental illness....
The above kinds of ideas have developed in a time of ignorance and misinformation.... I hope that people can be sensible; and make an effort to understand and be fair.... Some individuals may need to search their minds and their memories to see where their views have come from...? Am just wondering...? [Not to accuse any specific parties....]
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