Pedophilia in Christianity

[Huggy Bear]

I just have to make the statement, because it appears no one else did, though I do remember the thread and discussion being mentioned and I know it was brought up there what I am going to reiterate.

There is a huge difference between sixteen, Milk's lover, and eight, the prey of sick priests.

Not everyone is the same, of course, and I am not stating that it is perfectly fine for all sixteen year old individuals to have sexual relations with adults, but I do believe there is an unnecessary stigma associated with a two year age difference. Personally, I was no different at eighteen than I was at sixteen. The only difference was that society was only willing to slap the adult label on me at eighteen.

I get what you're saying but predators tend to seek out easy prey, and a troubled 16 year old makes for easy pickings.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Milk

Their relationship was troubled. When McKinley first began his relationship with Milk in late 1964, he was 16 years old, and therefore legally underage, though Milk recorded him as 18 in his address book. He was prone to depression and sometimes threatened to commit suicide if Milk did not show him enough attention.

He actually did end up committing suicide later...