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Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders defines pedophilia as an intense and recurrent sexual interest in prepubescent children, and a disorder if it causes a person “marked distress or interpersonal difficulty” or if the person acts on his interests.

A second misconception is that pedophilia is a choice. Recent research, while often limited to sex offenders — because of the stigma of pedophilia — suggests that the disorder may have neurological origins.

Our current law is inconsistent and irrational. For example, federal law and 20 states allow courts to issue a civil order committing a sex offender, particularly one with a diagnosis of pedophilia, to a mental health facility immediately after the completion of his sentence — under standards that are much more lax than for ordinary “civil commitment” for people with mental illness.

The Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 prohibit discrimination against otherwise qualified individuals with mental disabilities, in areas such as employment, education and medical care. Congress, however, explicitly excluded pedophilia from protection under these two crucial laws.

It’s time to revisit these categorical exclusions. Without legal protection, a pedophile cannot risk seeking treatment.... Arguing for the rights of scorned and misunderstood groups is never popular, particularly when they are associated with real harm. But the fact that pedophilia is so despised is precisely why our responses to it, in criminal justice and mental health, have been so inconsistent and counterproductive. or disclosing his status to anyone for support. He could lose his job, and future job prospects...

“RESPONSIBILITY, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.”

Yeah. He really said this.










Okay, I just found out the site that quote came from is saying it's meant to be a satire, so maybe Eric didn't say it. Would have been funny!
(and it was believable, wasn't it?)

Could Jeff Sessions be moved to the Department of Homeland Security?

It’s an idea some political observers have been debating after President Trump announced Friday that John Kelly, who leads the department, would replace Reince Priebus as White House chief of staff.

“Conservatives that came to Jeff Sessions’ defense this week all said, ‘But he’s doing the best on the issue we care about most and that is immigration.’ Well, where can Jeff Sessions do even more on immigration? As the secretary of Homeland Security,” Perino said.

Such a move would not be popular with liberals.

“To be clear: appointing Jeff Sessions to replace John Kelly at DHS to disrupt the Russia investigation would be met with MASS RESISTANCE,” Zac Petkanas, a Democratic strategist who previously worked for Hillary Clinton and Harry Reid, tweeted Saturday.

Schumer blasts Trump's threat to end ObamaCare payments: Start 'acting presidential'

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Saturday called on President Trump to "finally begin acting presidential" after Trump threatened to end key ObamaCare payments to insurers.

"If the president refuses to make the cost sharing reduction payments, every expert agrees that premiums will go up and health care will be more expensive for millions of Americans," Schumer said in a statement.

"The president ought to stop playing politics with people's lives and health care, start leading, and finally begin acting presidential," he added.

Trump reiterated his threat to end the payments – known as Cost Sharing Reduction (CSR) payments – in a tweet Saturday following the collapse of Senate GOP efforts this week to repeal and replace ObamaCare, while also drawing a target on members' benefits.

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Trump's White House is so terminally ill, I'm surprised Gingrich hasn't tried to divorce it.

My wife has predicting for some time now that pedophiles will be the next class of society's victims for whom the Left will rally. I never gave her prediction much credence but I'm no longer so sure.

Interesting, but it doesn't explain the belittling of Sessions.

Billy Connolly "Donald Trump - now there's a c*nt" Not to be missed.

I read that the GOP budget includes some billions in expenditure for a wall.

A comic recently suggested that in order to truly protect Americans, along with the southern border wall, Trump would also built a ceiling, and make the Martians pay for it.