re: #374 WindUpBird

you seem to have a very limited understanding of our legal system

I see what you mean. The ACLU won this lawsuit because we all know NAMBLA was the real victim here.
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Curley v. NAMBLA was a wrongful death lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts in 2000, by Barbara and Robert Curley against the North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA). The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) represented NAMBLA and was successful in getting the suit dismissed.[1] The Curleys continued the suit as a wrongful death action against individual NAMBLA members and NAMBLA Steering Committee members.[2][3] The Curleys dropped the lawsuit in 2008 because the plaintiffs had only one witness prepared to testify that NAMBLA somehow incited one of the convicted criminals but a judge ruled the witness was not competent to testify.[4]

According to columnist Wendy Kaminer, the case highlighted censorship of unpopular speech about sexuality and the “widespread biases about a supposed link between homosexuality and pedophilia” as children are more likely to be preyed upon by heterosexuals in their extended families.[5][6] The case heightened the gay communities disassociation with NAMBLA and even appearances of supporting pederasty (attraction to children after puberty) and pedophilia (attraction to prepubescent children), a division that was even present in NAMBLA as to their public image and publication(s) content.[7] The case also nearly brought the death penalty back to Massachusetts.[8]