Ratbastid (and others) have already said well what I would have said, but I have to chime in. I think all this discussion of "deviance" is misleading and misguided. Rather than speaking in moral abstractions, which are highly relativistic, I think it's much more useful to speak about it in terms of practical consequences of actions. The consequences of two consenting adults who happen to be of the same gender loving each other and/or having sex? Can't really think of any for anybody except the two adults (and don't sell me the story about the harmful effects of homosexuality on children - the only studies that have shown negative effects have been sponsored/conducted by highly biased sources). The consequences of pedophilia, however, are almost unmitigatedly negative (for the kid) and long-lasting. If you have a personal problem with it for moral reasons, that's your prerogative, but you must be able to distinguish between the two in terms of consequences.
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