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Dogger807

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With all the focus on gay marriage lately I have one simple question for you.


Would you be more comfortable leaving your children in the unsupervised care of a gay couple or a catholic priest.
 
Depends entirely on the individual.
 
Even though I am against gay marriage and think Catholicism is nothing more than paganism I would be indifferent to the choice because of the fact I would not leave my kids to anyone I did not trust and the fact that the vast majority of catholic priests and homosexuals are not pedophiles.
 
I would not leave my child unsupervised with people I didn't know. I don't know any catholic priests.
 
I would only leave my children in the care of someone I knew and trusted. It wouldn't matter to me what their religion or sexual orientation happened to be.
 
With all the focus on gay marriage lately I have one simple question for you.


Would you be more comfortable leaving your children in the unsupervised care of a gay couple or a catholic priest.

LOL

Neither - I don't let other people I don't know watch my kids . . . shoot - I even stopped letting my other mother watch the kids becaues they filled their heads with crap.
 
Either way, I'd be uncomfortable, to a degree; what James says is true, of course.
The so-called "gays" receive far too much press and time.
We should be focusing on the debt and "jobs".
 
Probably a catholic priest. I don't want my kids coming back to my house picking apart our interior decorating scheme.
 
.... the fact that the vast majority of catholic priests and homosexuals are not pedophiles.

It is very unlikely that a homosexual couple are pedophiles, they have an adult sexual relationship that people are aware of; while a priest has no sexual relationship that people are aware of, which is perfectly compatible with being a pedophile. It's much easier for me to make an informed choice.
 
At this time not a single vote for the priest
 
My son is 42, and my daughter is 40. They can handle it either way.

Were they still children, I wouldn't leave them unsupervised with anyone I didn't know and trust implicitly, regardless of their religion or sexual orientation.
 
I said i was indifferent to the choice, but if i knew a catholic priest and gay couple and they were equally decent people i liked... id probably leave them with the priest(especially a catholic one) they'd probably need the discipline and i think it would be good for them.
 
I think this question is somewhat inappropiate. You are asserting that a gay couple are potential pedophiles just by being who they are and that is ridiculous. Not all Catholic priests are pedophiles, but as seeing that the church seems to have a problem with such, it at least makes sense that people would have pause. Lumping the gay couple with the priests is suggestive of something that is totally misleading and wrong.
 
The gay couple. Priest scare me.....
 
I think this question is somewhat inappropiate. You are asserting that a gay couple are potential pedophiles just by being who they are and that is ridiculous. Not all Catholic priests are pedophiles, but as seeing that the church seems to have a problem with such, it at least makes sense that people would have pause. Lumping the gay couple with the priests is suggestive of something that is totally misleading and wrong.



Actually I was thinking along the lines of trust for a stereotype. Yes I realize that it's oversimplification and unfair, but it does point out that the moral high ground the priesthood has claimed, in the past, is all but gone.
 
It is very unlikely that a homosexual couple are pedophiles, they have an adult sexual relationship that people are aware of; while a priest has no sexual relationship that people are aware of, which is perfectly compatible with being a pedophile. It's much easier for me to make an informed choice.

The fact a catholic priest has no sexual relationship is irrelevant.A pedophile will molest/rape kids regardless if they are in a relationship with another adult or single. After all 50% of those arrested for pedophilia are married. This whole catholic priests are pedophiles, a significant portion of catholic priests are pedophiles or more likely to be pedophiles is nothing more than anti-catholic bigotry.


Pedophilia - children, causes, DSM, functioning, therapy, adults, person, people
In the United States, about 50% of men arrested for pedophilia are married.
 
The fact a catholic priest has no sexual relationship is irrelevant.A pedophile will molest/rape kids regardless if they are in a relationship with another adult or single. After all 50% of those arrested for pedophilia are married. This whole catholic priests are pedophiles, a significant portion of catholic priests are pedophiles or more likely to be pedophiles is nothing more than anti-catholic bigotry.


Pedophilia - children, causes, DSM, functioning, therapy, adults, person, people
In the United States, about 50% of men arrested for pedophilia are married.

Married US couples: 55521868. That’s 55,521,868 men.
Some data I found on priests:
Some of the raw data contained in the report:
Years covered: 1950 to 2002.

Percentage of bishops who provided information: 97% 3

Total number of allegations of sexual abuse of children by priests: 11,000.
Number substantiated: 6,700 (61%).
Number unsubstantiated: 1,000 (9.1%).
Number which were not investigated because the allegations were made after the priest's death: 3,300.


Number of priests who served during the interval: 110,000.
Number of priests alleged to have abused children: 4,450.
Percentage of abusive priests: 4.0%


Number of priests who are currently serving: 44,000

Number of cases of abuse per priest:
Most priests were accused of a single event
1,112 priests (25.0%) had two or three allegations
578 priests (13%) had four to nine allegations.
133 priests (2.9%) had ten or more allegations.


Age of the victims:
Almost 6% were 7 years of age or younger.
16% were 8, 9 or 10 years old.
78% were 11 to 17 years old.


My notes: Sex with an 11 or 12 year old is definitely pedophilia. But I’ll just use 10 years old or younger, so 22%. A normal married man with 2 or 3 allegations would be in big trouble, but I’ll use 4 or more allegations, 16%.
Some calculations: So that’s 4.0% times 22% times 16% equals 0.141% of priests are seriously pedophiles. A very small percentage! Next how many married men are pedophiles; well if they are then same as priests its 0.0014 times 55,521,868 equals 7,817,479 married pedophiles. If they are 50% of the pedophiles then there are 15,000,000 cases where there have been multiple complaints and very young victims in the US.Sure.

I stand by my previous post even more that before. You don’t understand meaning of the data you posted. It sure helped me.
 
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