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   From: reza.aslan@ucr.edu   
      
   LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–A social researcher who has studied sexual   
   behavior for 24 years believes the Boy Scouts of America (BSA)   
   has sound reasons for maintaining its prohibition against gay   
   scoutmasters.   
      
   A homosexual cannot automatically be considered a child   
   molester, said Judith Reisman, president of the Institute for   
   Media Education in suburban Louisville, Ky.   
      
   But with 17-24 percent of boys being abused by age 18, nearly as   
   many as the 25 percent of girls, there is cause for concern, she   
   said.   
      
   Since heterosexuals outnumber the homosexual population about 44   
   to 1, as a group the incidence of homosexuals molesting children   
   is up to 40 times greater than heterosexuals, she said.   
      
   “You’re looking at a much higher rate of abuse,” said Reisman, a   
   former university research professor who recently completed a   
   study titled, “Crafting Gay Children.” “The Department of   
   Justice just released data and the rate of abuse are off the   
   charts.”   
      
   BSA’s policy has been the subject of constant attacks from gay   
   activists, who have convinced a number of school boards to oust   
   the Scouts from board property.   
      
   In a story that aired Apr. 1 on CBS, “60 Minutes” also   
   questioned its validity. After California congressman Dana   
   Rohrabacher called the prohibition common sense, reporter Lesley   
   Stahl remarked that common sense turns out to be a myth.   
      
   According to the FBI and several clinical studies published in   
   reputable journals, gay men aren’t more likely to sexually abuse   
   boys, she said.   
      
   “In fact, the largest database of child molesters in the country   
   shows that those who molest boys are over three times more   
   likely to be heterosexual in their adult relationships than   
   homosexual,” she said.   
      
   But Reisman points to figures from a 1991 population study by   
   the U.S. Department of Commerce.   
      
   It showed that 8 million girls were abused by age 18 by   
   heterosexual men, a ratio of 1 victim to 11 adult men. However,   
   6-8 million boys were abused by age 18 by 1-2 million adult   
   homosexuals, a ratio of 3-5 victims for every gay adult.   
      
   Questioned about Reisman’s claims, CBS stuck by its story.   
      
   Spokesman Kevin Tedesco said “60 Minutes” staffers spoke with   
   leading sources of information on child molestation, including   
   the FBI, American Psychological Association and several clinical   
   researchers.   
      
   The database was assembled by psychologist Dr. Gene Able,   
   director of the Behavioral Sciences Institute in Atlanta, he   
   added.   
      
   However, Reisman also cites a past study by Able to bolster her   
   contention that BSA has reason to fear admitting homosexuals to   
   the scoutmaster ranks. It found that 150 boys are abused by one   
   male homosexual offender, compared to 19.8 girls by heterosexual   
   offenders.   
      
   In a study published in 1987 in the Journal of Interpersonal   
   Violence, Able said homosexuals sexually molest young boys with   
   an incidence five times greater than the molestation of girls.   
   (Calls to Able seeking further comment were not returned.)   
      
   “We looked at the leading gay travel guide,” Reisman said of her   
   research. “Forty-seven percent of the 139 nations they talked   
   about identified places to find boys. The average heterosexual   
   travel guide is not concerned with finding children.”   
      
   Crime statistics also pose concerns. Figures released last   
   summer by the Justice Department reveal that adults are not the   
   primary victims of sexual assault, she said.   
      
   They showed that 67 percent of all reported sex abuse victims   
   are children and 64 percent of forcible sodomy victims are boys   
   under 12.   
      
   Two analysts with Washington-based, pro-family organizations   
   agree that homosexuals pose a greater risk to boys.   
      
   Tim Daily of the Family Research Council questioned “60 Minutes”   
   claim that adults who molest boys can even be called   
   heterosexual.   
      
   “I guess you determine someone’s sexual orientation by their   
   relationships,” said Dailey, who wrote a paper on pedophilia in   
   the fall of 1999.   
      
   “If a man is married and has sexual relations with boys, he’s   
   obviously a combination. To say he’s heterosexual is an outrage.   
   Overall he’s a pedophile. Whether you call it omni-sexual or pan-   
   sexual, he’s indiscriminate…in relationships.”   
      
   “Who cares if a guy is married?” echoed Peter LaBarbera, senior   
   policy analyst for the Culture and Policy Institute, a division   
      
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