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RZM

(8,556 posts)
7. You couldn't be more wrong
Mon May 7, 2012, 12:47 PM
May 2012

While child molesters are widely despised across society, it's actually Republican legislators who usually push for the toughest (some say too tough) sex-offender laws.

This occasionally pops up in the news, especially when harsh laws are passed that prevent sex offenders form living however many feet from places like schools and day care centers. In some places this effectively exiles sex offenders from the community, since many cannot afford homes in the suburban sprawl where there is enough distance between housing and places like schools, etc.

Try bringing up sex offenders next time you're around a conservative Christian. You will find that their attitudes towards them are usually very harsh. It also usually fits in with their homophobia and disdain for liberals, since many equate homosexuality and pedophilia and believe that permissive liberal culture encourages sexual deviance.

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