Peter LaBarbera scapegoating gay men for the Penn State tragedy

[The Philosopher]

from LGBTQ Nation

It was bound to happen. I was hoping that it wouldn’t but in hindsight, I shouldn’t have been surprised.

Someone from the religious right is now blaming gay men for the Penn State tragedy, where Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant coach is charged with 40 counts of child sexual abuse.

Peter LaBarbera of the http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc3=&id=103697">hate group Americans for Truth had http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/6288818238.html">this to say:

. . . how many boy victims of homosexual predator Sandusky will end up believing that being homosexual (“gay”) is “who they are”? How many will struggle with sexual identity issues? And how many will be told by LGBT advocates and liberal-minded people just to “accept being gay” as “who they are” because they were “born that way”?

. . . There IS a long history connecting homosexuality to pederasty, and a disproportionate link between homosexuality and pedophilia: why else would so many child molestation victims be boys when only 1-3 percent of the population is homosexual?

LaBarbera has a long history of demonizing gay men for even the most trivial of things, but today is probably the lowest he has ever stooped.

Now some may ask why am I publicizing LaBarbera’s comments. He obviously wants some type of attention and now I am giving it to him.

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[xchrom]

1. He must have sought advise from the catholic church. Nt

[Eddie Haskell]

2. Pedophilia

As a medical diagnosis, pedophilia (or paedophilia) is defined as a psychiatric disorder in adults or late adolescents (persons age 16 or older) typically characterized by a primary or exclusive sexual interest in prepubescent children (generally age 13 years or younger, though onset of puberty may vary). The child must be at least five years younger in the case of adolescent pedophiles (16 or older) to be termed pedophilia. The term has a range of definitions, as found in psychiatry, psychology, the vernacular, and law enforcement.

[Cirque du So-What]

3. K & R

not for this person's erroneous assumptions that are diametrically opposed to the truth, but for exposure of gay-bashing.

[dbackjon]

4. Knew this would happen

So asswipe, about the 95% of pedophilia victims that are girls - you gonna crucify straights?

[Initech]

5. Ugh... Scumbags like this certainly aren't helping.

:argh:

[RKP5637]

6. I was wondering when this would start. So much ignorance, bigotry, distortions

and lies.

[NMMNG]

7. Porno Pete is a douchebag

Nothing he says should be taken seriously. He's a wart on the ass of humanity.

[RetiredTrotskyite]

8. Sadly, I Am Not Shocked. Look At The Hate Going On at HuffPost...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/12/penn-state-scandal-jerry-sandusky-gay-adoption-_n_1090253.html

[Rhythm]

9. Someone where i work tried to paint this as a 'gay thing'...

I responded that, since he was straight, he must be interested in fucking 9 yr old girls then, right?!

Needless to say, he shut up pretty fast.

[NOMOREDRUGWAR]

10. Conflating pedophilia with homosexuality is a classic right-wing strategy.

They are getting desperate.