I can't fathom why you'd even ask that.
Are you unaware of the fact that there are people in this world that see nothing wrong with pedophilia?
There are people who believe that "Anything goes".
Everyone draws a different line in the sand of "inappropriate sexual attraction".
You think I'm strange for asking where people draw their line?
Of course there is. Underage people is the biggy. Nobody on RF has disagreed about that.
I'm glad. I like knowing that both you and I believe that an attraction to children is inappropriate and should not be indulged.
OThe question is why you keep bringing it up in a conversation about competent adults cementing an adult relationship with state recognition.
I first brought up an attraction to children in my initial post (#326) to Jainarayan after he said,
"I
know what I feel. I was as naturally attracted as a boy to boys as other boys are to girls. Then as a man attracted to men as straight men are attracted to women. In fact, my first arousal and spontaneous orgasm at 13 or 14 was at the site of a male actor on tv. What makes you think I chose it? Especially when I have one of the most pathetic sex lives man, gay or straight, has ever been "blessed" with. So yeah, uh no... it ain't the sex."
After mentioning various examples of "inappropriate sexual attraction" (which included an attraction to children) I immediately claimed that I was not comparing all of these attractions, then I said,
"Someone who has an attraction to children may also feel that it is "natural" and that they were "born that way", but that does not mean that they should indulge that weakness or act on their desires.
I would not label someone a "pedophile" simply because they suffer from an attraction to children.
If they resist their urges, refuse to entertain inappropriate thoughts and desires and never once engage in sexual behavior with children - then I would not consider them pedophiles or claim that they committed the sin of pedophilia.
Even if society eventually ends up accepting pedophilia and encourages adults to engage in sexual behavior with children - it will never be morally acceptable.
This same logic can be applied to those who suffer from same-sex attraction. Just because homosexual behavior has been accepted in society today does not mean that it is morally acceptable."
I believe that any sexual attractions or relationships outside of a marriage between a man and a woman who are legally and lawfully wedded are inappropriate. That is where I draw my line in the sand.
I believe the arguments used by Jainarayan that same-sex attraction should be considered appropriate because it "feels natural" or because a person is "born that way" are not good arguments because someone who suffers from an attraction to children would use the same arguments to justify their inappropriate sexual attraction.
Something feeling "natural" or a person being born a certain way are not good argument to justify their inappropriate behavior.
Now, I understand that you and others do not consider same-sex attraction to be inappropriate, but I believe that it is.