They Aren't Pedophiles They're MAPs

 You aren't a sodomite...you're gay.  You aren't a drag queen...you're transgender.  You aren't a pedophile...you're a Minor Attracted Person (MAP).

By getting rid of a negative name and coming up with a new one, you can start to normalize, accept and then even celebrate your diversity.  Diversity is GOOD and isn't something you should be ashamed of!  In fact, you may even be able to claim victimhood status because, "I had to stay in the closet sooo long!  And now I'm free to be me!  This is how I was born and I'm not going to change how I was born!"

So today we read about a conference that is going to be held to teach folks how to accept and work with MAPS.

A conference for MAPs, or "minor-attracted persons," traditionally known as pedophiles, is set to take place in Ohio from May 2-4. The goal of the concerned is to teach attendees how to become "empowered to work confidently and affirmingly with MAPs." The conference is being run by B4U-ACT, a non-profit from Maryland. 

The conference is designed to train mental-health providers in "affirmative MAP therapy," reports Christina Buttons for City Journal. "Affirmative MAP therapy" is the practice of encouraging those who are sexually attracted to minors to view their predilection as "an intrinsic part of their identity," she writes, instead of trying to cure them of it.

The program is called "Demystifying and Thriving: Understanding MAPs and Fostering Fulfilling Lives." It reads: "Although awareness of minor attracted persons (MAPs), their mental health needs, and effective therapeutic approaches to meet them is growing rapidly, many mental health providers feel unequipped to provide affirmative MAP therapy. This conference will allow attendees, both new and experienced, to have their questions and concerns addressed openly, and to become empowered to work confidently and affirmingly with MAPs."

The two-day program will address "the nature of attraction to minors, the multilevel stressors to MAPs’ mental health, their lived experiences and needs, and effective therapeutic approaches." There will also be "thought-provoking and practical sessions about topics such as day-to-day issues MAPs face, self-acceptance, and thriving."

Professionals who attend the program will get continuing education credits through the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners.

Presenters at the conference include Murray Quinn, who lists pronouns as he/him and claims to be "a 20 something, Transmasc, Queer MAP." Murray "has been involved with the MAP community since 2014."

Here;  Maryland-based non-profit hosts Ohio conference to ‘affirm’ pedophiles | The Post Millennial | thepostmillennial.com

Friends, we are all born with sin.  Some people struggle with drunkenness, some with homosexuality, some were sexually abused as kids and then go on to struggle with the desire to abuse kids themselves.

But today we all want someone to affirm our deviant behavior and not tell us that we are doing anything wrong.  It is antithetical to the Gospel story.