People cannot decide that there is a right to molest a child, all the hysteria aside.
To compare pedophilia (rape) to consensual sex between two adults is to make the argument that legitimizing ANY sex between consenting adults that some other adults may not approve of, leads to the legitimization of pedophilia.
That is absurd.
Consensual sex requires that the people engaging in the act CONSENT to it. Children cannot give consent, because with the right to give consent to things, comes the responsibility, financial, legal, etc, for the possible consequences of the action that you're consenting to.
Cheap shot with the 'hysteria' garbage, Luis.
Every argument I ever give on the subject is based on both history and logic. Nothing hysterical about it.
I'm reading a book called "The Death of the Grown-up" and it contains an interesting history of how teenagers took over American culture while adults abdicated it. (It's a good read...... at least so far). The germane part to this discussion is the chapter on teenagers and that before WWII, there really was no such thing. There were adults, and there were children. Those in their teens aspired to be adults.
My point is, that culturally definitions change, ages of consent definitely change, and that it can happen quickly.
How you define "children" is not necessarily how other cultures define it, nor even how other Americans define it. You're dealing with a moving target, Luis, and seeming to claim it will hold still.
The 'age of consent' is arbitrary. My mother was married at 17, and fully adult. Earlier in history people married even younger.
It is not even remotely out of the realm of possibility that the left, pushing further their sexual 'revolution' will move the age of consent to younger ages, permitting the sexually perverse adults who are attracted to children to get the 'consent' of their victims legally (and many already do emotionally).
The bottom line is, that you can't be so sure what will be accepted in the future, and what changes will be made to stretch further the definition of what is 'normal.'
The left isn't stopping with homosexual "marriage."
The left never stops.