Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh
has likened the growing "acceptance of pedophilia" to gay marriage.
On his Monday show, Limbaugh said that
there is a movement to “normalize pedophilia.”
“There is a movement on to normalize
pedophilia, and I guarantee you your reaction to that is probably
much the same as your reaction when you first heard about gay
marriage,” Limbaugh told his radio listeners. “What has happened
to gay marriage? It's become normal – and in fact, with certain
people in certain demographics it's the most important issue in terms
of who they vote for.”
“So don't pooh-pooh. There's a
movement to normalize pedophilia. Don't pooh-pooh it. The people
behind it are serious, and you know the Left as well as I do. They
[grab] onto something and they don't let go.”
Limbaugh referred to a Guardian
article in which the author wrote: “There is, astonishingly, not
even a full academic consensus on whether consensual paedophilic
relations necessarily cause harm.”
“They made the case that kids enjoy
it, adults enjoy it; what's wrong with a little love?”
“I just want to remind you, now, when
you first heard about gay marriage – and I don't mean to pick on
gays. It's not what I'm saying. It's just something that was such a
tremendous departure from accepted norms of the day. When you first
heard about gay marriage, you pooh-poohed it.” (The audio,
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