Could they all have been wrong?
By: David L. Riegel
Book as pdf-file: Could they all have been wrong?
[Some quotes from this book:]
Unfortunately, victimologists have been able to tap into the hate and prejudice that is all too common in mankind, the idea that anyone who is different or belongs to a different group or has a different belief is an enemy, and must therefore be destroyed, or at the very minimum, denigrated and subjugated. This has been the fate of Gypsies, Jews, Blacks, and just about every immigrant ethnic group in its turn. This hate was long deployed against homosexuals, still surfaces in discussions of gay civil rights, and manifested itself in the brutal murder of Matthew Sheppard [Shepard] in Wyoming in 1998. [...]
There is very little - if any - credible evidence that a sexually expressed relationship between a boy and an older male is harmful so long as it is consensual. On the other hand, there is considerable evidence that heavy-handed interference with such a relationship more often than not is traumatic and frequently may destroy the boy. One has to wonder about a society which demonizes and punishes behaviors that have not been shown empirically to cause harm, and yet approves and encourages behaviors which are demonstrably harmful and even traumatic.
source: From the book 'Could they ALL have been WRONG?' by David L. Riegel; SafeHaven Foundation Press; Philadelphia; 2005