# Pedophiles Vs. First  Ammendment

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedophiles-vs-first-ammendment/35131>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 30, 2000, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedophiles-vs-first-ammendment/35131 "2000-09-30T10:06:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![VaHermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ed655f/32.png) [@VaHermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VaHermit)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2000, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedophiles-vs-first-ammendment/35131/41 "2000-10-03T11:47:12Z")

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> Some people are attracted to members of the same sex, others are attracted to toddlers. Neither of these is morally repugnant in and of itself.

Sexual attraction to toddlers not repugnant?!? Give me a break for Christ sake. May I assume that you have no children, (or at least none that you’ve raised or bonded with!)

(Easy boy, calm down, you weren’t going to post again, remember?.. yeah, you’re right, besides, this has nothing to do with the question I ask about this stuff belonging on adult sites. Breath in…breath out, ahhhh.)

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**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2000, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedophiles-vs-first-ammendment/35131/42 "2000-10-03T14:20:27Z")

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> Sexual attraction to toddlers not repugnant?!?

The _attraction_is not repgunant, because it is likely totally beyond a given person’s control. Any action taken to satisfy that attraction, or (at least on my opinion) even the failure to actively repress that attraction, is repugnant.

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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2000, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedophiles-vs-first-ammendment/35131/43 "2000-10-03T18:31:29Z")

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> \*Originally posted by waterj2 \*  
> \*\*I would be prohibited (as a straight guy) from giving matt\_mcl a blowjob just for kicks.  
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Why, waterj2, I didn’t know you cared! 😃

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