Dutch pedophiles to launch political party:
Tue May 30, 2006 : AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -
Dutch pedophiles are launching a political party to
push for a cut in the legal age for sexual relations
to 12 from 16 and the legalization of child
pornography and sex with animals.
The Charity, Freedom and Diversity (NVD) party said
on its Web site it would be The party said it wanted
to cut the legal age for sexual relations to 12 and
eventually scrap the limit altogether."A ban just
makes children curious," Ad van den Berg, one of the
party's founders, told the Algemeen Dagblad (AD)
newspaper."We want to make pedophilia the subject of
discussion," he said, adding that the subject had
been a taboo since the 1996 Marc Dutroux child abuse
scandal in neighboring Belgium. "We have been hushed
up. The only way is through parliament."
The Netherlands already has liberal policies on soft
drugs, prostitution, and gay marriage, but the NVD
is unlikely to win much support, the AD quoted
experts as saying." They make out as if they want
more rights for children. But their position that
children should be allowed sexual contact from age
12 is of course just in their own interest," anti-pedophile
campaigner Ireen van Engelen told the daily.
The party said private possession of child
pornography should be allowed although it
favors banning the trade of such materials.
The broadcast of pornography should be allowed on
daytime television, with only violent
pornography limited to the late evening, according
to the party. Toddlers should be given sex
education and youths aged 16 and up
should be allowed to appear in pornographic films
and prostitute themselves. Sex with
animals should be allowed although abuse of
animals should remain illegal, the NVD said.
The party also said everybody should be allowed to
go naked in public, if they prefer.
