Christ First Forum

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In "Batman," the Joker rhetorically asks a young Bruce Wayne: "Tell me, kid — you ever danced with the devil by the pale moonlight?" Well, I have. Not by the pale moonlight, but in a brightly lit Four Points Sheraton in Baltimore, Md.

On Wednesday, Aug. 17, I — along with the venerable child advocate Dr. Judith Reisman — attended a conference hosted by the pedophile group B4U-ACT. Around 50 individuals were in attendance, including a number of admitted pedophiles (or "minor-attracted persons" as they euphemistically prefer), a few self-described "gay activists" and several supportive mental-health professionals. World renowned "sexologist" Dr. Fred Berlin of Johns Hopkins University gave the keynote address, saying: "I want to completely support the goal of B4U-ACT."

Here are some highlights from the conference:


Pedophiles are "unfairly stigmatized and demonized" by society.


There was concern about "vice-laden diagnostic criteria" and "cultural baggage of wrongfulness."


"We are not required to interfere with or inhibit our child's sexuality."


"Children are not inherently unable to consent" to sex with an adult.


"In Western culture sex is taken too seriously."


"Anglo-American standard on age of consent is new [and 'Puritanical']. In Europe it was always set at 10 or 12. Ages of consent beyond that are relatively new and very strange, especially for boys. They've always been able to have sex at any age."


An adult's desire to have sex with children is "normative."


Our society should "maximize individual liberty. ... We have a highly moralistic society that is not consistent with liberty."


"Assuming children are unable to consent lends itself to criminalization and stigmatization."


"These things are not black and white; there are various shades of gray."


A consensus belief by both speakers and pedophiles in attendance was that, because it vilifies MAPs, pedophilia should be removed as a mental disorder from the American Psychiatric Association's (APA) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), in the same manner homosexuality was removed in 1973.


Dr. Fred Berlin acknowledged that it was political activism, similar to the incrementalist strategy witnessed at the conference, rather than a scientific calculus that successfully led to the declassification of homosexuality as a mental disorder: The reason "homosexuality was taken out of DSM is that people didn't want the government in the bedroom," he said.


The DSM ignores that pedophiles "have feelings of love and romance for children" in the same way adults love one another.


"The majority of pedophiles are gentle and rational."


The DSM should "focus on the needs" of the pedophile, and should have "a minimal focus on social control," rather than obsessing about the "need to protect children."


Self-described "gay activist" and speaker Jacob Breslow said that children can properly be "the object of our attraction." He further objectified children, suggesting that pedophiles needn't gain consent from a child to have sex with "it" any more than we need consent from a shoe to wear it. He then used graphic, slang language to favorably describe the act of climaxing (ejaculating) "on or with" a child. No one in attendance objected to this explicit depiction of child sexual assault. There was even laughter.

(In fairness, Dr. Berlin did later tell Mr. Breslow that his words might "anger" some people and that he [Berlin] is categorically opposed to adult-child sex with "pre-pubescent" children. When asked about the propriety of adult-child sex with pubescent children, Dr. Berlin did not provide a clear answer.)


So, am I just an intolerant, "pedophobic" bigot? Apparently so. In fact, Dr. Berlin says pedophilia is just another "sexual orientation." Some of the "minor attracted" conference-goers insisted that they were "born that way." Sound familiar?

This is sexual anarchy — fulfillment of the moral relativist dream.

In the 1940s, homosexual psychopath and secular-humanist messiah Alfred Kinsey's stated goal was to destroy, in society, the Judeo-Christian sexual ethic. He has largely achieved that goal.

Indeed, during his sexology "research," Kinsey facilitated the rape of thousands of children — some as young as 2 months old — placing stopwatches and ledgers in the hands of "minor-attracted persons" to document their "findings." He then recorded everything in what is generally referred to as the "Kinsey Reports."

Kinsey determined, among many things, that children are not harmed by sex with adults and that it can be a positive experience. Old Al even earned his very own Kinsey Institute, still in existence today at Indiana University.

As recently as 1998, the APA seemed to agree with Kinsey's assessment, releasing a report that suggested harm caused by child rape was "overstated" and that "the vast majority of both men and women reported no negative sexual effects from their child sexual abuse experiences."

Furthermore, the APA report suggested that the term "child sex abuse" be swapped with "adult-child sex," indicating, as did Kinsey, that such "intergenerational intimacy" can be "positive." Isn't "tolerance" wonderful?

Oh, and the "progressive," political-activist APA has also seen fit to join an amicus brief in favor of so-called "same-sex marriage." What does this have to do with psychiatry? Your guess is as good as mine.

Make no mistake: Children are the target of what I call the "sexual anarchy movement." Whether it's the movement's pedophile wing that seeks to literally rape children, or its radical pro-abortion, homosexualist and feminist wings, which seek to rape the minds of children, the larger sexual anarchy movement has a shared goal: Attack, corrupt and destroy God's design for human sexuality. Children are just collateral damage.

Sexual anarchists know that to own the future, they must own the minds of our children. Hence, groups like B4U-ACT, GLSEN (The Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network), Planned Parenthood and the like utilize academia from pre-school to post-graduate to brainwash and indoctrinate. Still, sexual anarchists are not restricted to the world of not-for-profit perversion advocacy. They also permeate the Obama administration.

Consider, for instance, that the official website for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently linked to "parenting tips" that referenced children as "sexual beings" and suggested that they should experiment with homosexuality and masturbation.

Small surprise when you consider that radical feminist and pro-abort Kathleen Sebelius was President Obama's pick as HHS secretary.

You may also recall that Mr. Obama appointed Kevin Jennings, founder of the aforementioned GLSEN, to the post of "safe schools czar." The position is now defunct, ostensibly due to national outrage over Jennings' appointment.

In keeping with the thinly veiled goals of B4U-ACT, GLSEN seems to be "running interference" for pedophiles, having tacitly advocated adult-child sex through its "recommended reading list" for kids.

Again, not surprising when you consider that one of Jennings's ideological mentors is "gay" activist pioneer Harry Hay. "One of the people that's always inspired me is Harry Hay," he has said glowingly.

What did Mr. Hay think? I'll let him speak for himself. In 1983, while addressing the pedophile North American Man Boy Love Association (NAMBLA), Hay said the following:


"[I]t seems to me that in the gay community the people who should be running interference for NAMBLA are the parents and friends of gays. Because if the parents and friends of gays are truly friends of gays, they would know from their gay kids that the relationship with an older man is precisely what 13-, 14-, and 15-year-old kids need more than anything else in the world. And they would be welcoming this, and welcoming the opportunity for young gay kids to have the kind of experience that they would need."


(Oddly, there's another "gay" activist group, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, or PFLAG, that frequently partners with GLSEN. I wonder where they came up with the catchy title.)

Bolstered by support from the National Education Association, GLSEN has access to your children through sex education curricula it provides thousands of public schools across the country, and via adult sponsored "Gay Straight Alliances," hosted in those same schools.

Alas, we live in a post-Kinsey America wherein our culture, along with our Judeo-Christian heritage, rots in the heat of the day. The stench of sexual anarchy is masked by the soaring, disingenuous rhetoric of "tolerance," "diversity" and "comprehensive sex education."

Sick to your stomach? I am. Why can't these sexual anarchists leave our children alone and let kids be kids?

The problem we face today compared to decades ago is much more of a concern of the action that is taking place. Although decades ago it could be still common for a Father to molest a child usually a child was told not to talk to strangers. There were better role models to follow after. As we could see on TV married couples adults with adults and kids with kids. The 2 groups never mixed well. When going to a party children would be looking for friends their own age to go outside to perhaps climb the trees or a fence. The kids wanted to have a separate completely different world than adults had.

Well today we have channels like MTV with teenagers making up a great portion of viewers. MTV promotes a secular godless music sexual entertainment for people of all ages. MTV does not promote age but it is more likely you will see younger faces on most every program on there. The saying goes today in today’s TV industry that Sex sells. And that includes teenagers as well. Other programs on TV are not helping either. We have unmarried couples sleeping together today many of them being one night stands. Television and Radio are such a big influence on kids. As the saying go monkey sees monkey do. They don’t really have much any good role models of today.

They look up to those who think that the music industry and TV are living a glamorous life. That using drugs or having sex will not stop a person from becoming famous. That this is the modern day we should be living that a child wants to fit in with all this. They are pressured at school by their peers. Also if one of the boys at school in their teens told their friends last weekend I slept with a woman in her 30s. This would be bragging to their friends. They would be in envy. They also would want to find an older woman. This is not fiction today. It really is happening in schools.

Several years ago I knew 2 girls that were twins. Both were about 15 years old. I was in my late 20’s. They both had a boyfriend in their 30’s. To be with a male at that age did not bother them in the least. They preferred older men.
I had a friend named Mark whose daughter was about 14 going on 15. His daughter was also known to have affairs with guys twice her age. She did not live with Mark but her mother. And when her mother seen her diary of the things her daughter does or likes she was in shock. His daughter simply would not go out with anyone her age.
This has become causal these days between adults and teens to have casual sex. I don’t have any friends like this as of today. I stay away from those of today who are openly gay or bisexual in most every case of homosexual or any of that or adults or teenagers who feel that casual sex is ok. They usually are the ones that are sexually active with one or more partners.

I have learned from God that it is best to stay a distance form Homosexuals bisexuals and casual adults and causal teens. They will try to put their life upon your shoulders. They may try to tempt you to do the things they do around them or with them. Most kids and teenagers don’t like to be around me because I used to be like them and now I try to do things another way. I’m a drag to most teens of today. Yet I know how it was for me at one time. How easily by watching TV or listening to music and being around kids your age that there was nothing wrong with casual sex. I grew out of it eventually. I wish that more teens would want to do the right things. It is difficult because a child is growing up. This is all they see and hear most of the time.

So activities as this party will go on because both adults and teens have agreed to do these things. Kids should be put in juvenile hall for a while for doing these things to teach them a lesson as the adults should serve time in jail. These kids should not get off the hook. They need to learn early of all the bad consequences of these kinds of actions. If the law were to only punish the adults then kids may keep on doing this knowing they will not get in trouble. But in cases where this act is more like rape then only adults should to go to jail.

Hey I know about this life. I once lived among those who did all these things. I almost became a part of these kinds of things. My life was pornography. I kept this stuff mostly to myself. God and the Bible have helped me to get out of this kind of life to not associate with these kinds of people. Do not even go to any bar even if your there to talk to others. The Lord does not want us being around with those living in a heap full of a sinful tainted life style. This does not mean to be conceited to put your nose in the air. You may set a good example talking with them. But not participating with the things they do such as the garbage they may watch on TV. Don’t coax them to do wrong. Invite one over to watch some good programs on TV. Show them the kind of things God would want us to be as a good example. They will not understand maybe for quite a while till maybe they can see how God is working in your life.

How you are able to resist the things lots of other people do and why? Jesus ate with Sinners at the table. You may as well. But do not eat with them while they sin. Jesus can eat with sinners but he will not do anything they do. He will talk to them but not join them in their worldly activities of Sin. You can be a friend just not one being a part of joining in to the things that are not permitted by God. The Lord will see that you’re trying to help them. You’re there to be a listener. You’re showing them the right way to live. If you come to find this to be impossible that the other will not ever believe you may depart from them. You leave peacefully. If God wants them God will send another person in their life to try to call them again. I had to step back on some of the things I did and said also. I came on too strong on God and the Bible. I witnessed in worrying for them but I pushed them back. I’m now trying to do that more gently.