Rush Limbaugh: Left will "normalize pedophilia" like it did gay marriage

"There’s a movement to normalize pedophilia," Limbaugh said. "Don’t pooh-pooh it"

Published January 8, 2013 10:30PM (EST)

Rush Limbaugh tied the push to legalize same-sex marriages to a "movement to normalize pedophilia," arguing: "What has happened to gay marriage? It’s become normal."

“There is a movement on to normalize pedophilia, and I guarantee you your reaction to that is probably much the same as your reaction when you first heard about gay marriage,” Limbaugh said on his show on Monday. “What has happened to gay marriage? It’s become normal — and in fact, with certain people in certain demographics it’s the most important issue in terms of who they vote for.”

He added: “So don’t pooh-pooh. There’s a movement to normalize pedophilia. Don’t pooh-pooh it. The people behind it are serious, and you know the left as well as I do. They glom onto something and they don’t let go.”

 

 

 

 

Politico reports that Limbaugh was responding to an article in the Guardian:

Limbaugh was discussing an article written by Jon Henley of the United Kingdom newspaper The Guardian on Jan. 2. In the piece, Henley writes about the late-British television host Savile — who authorities say molested hundreds of young people.

Henley wrote in the column: “This is radical stuff. But there is a growing conviction, notably in Canada, that paedophilia should probably be classified as a distinct sexual orientation, like heterosexuality or homosexuality.”

 


By Jillian Rayfield

Jillian Rayfield is an Assistant News Editor for Salon, focusing on politics. Follow her on Twitter at @jillrayfield or email her at jrayfield@salon.com.

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