So Mike over at The Questionable Authority posted an excellent critique/synthesis/etc of the comment thread going on in the Obama vs. pedophile case, which I thought deserved its own post. Check it out.
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I can't believe some of the stuff that Presidential hopefuls have to endure.
Pedophiles are wretched people who abuse the helpless, and they get no sympathy from me. However, they are still people — sick people, damaged people, often abused people, sometimes psychopathic people.
An admitted pedophile in Ohio is actually trying to make the argument in court that having sex with children is protected under the free exercise clause because it's part of the doctrine of the religion he invented.