PEDIATRICS Vol. 94 No. 1 July 1994, pp. 45-46
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Sexual Politics and Child Protection: They Don't Mix

Richard D. Krugman MD1

1 University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO 80262

The article by Jenny, Roesler, and Poyer in this issue of Pediatrics takes a look at a purported link between homosexuality and the sexual abuse of children. They find no such evidence. The study was prompted by the passage of a constitutional amendment in Colorado in 1992 that prohibited communities from enacting laws including homosexuals in antidiscrimination statutes. The amendment has subsequently been ruled unconstitutional by the Colorado Supreme Court, but other states are considering such legislation as of this writing. Part of the argument used by proponents of these amendments has been that children are at risk of being sexually abused by homosexuals, and therefore the inclusion of gays and lesbians as a class in antidiscrimination statutes would be hazardous to children and would protect molesters.

Submitted on January 18, 1994
Accepted on February 1, 1994




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