Written by Rick Roberts

Dutch court rules group seeking to legalize sex with children can form political party

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – A Dutch court refused Monday to ban a political party whose main goal is to lower the age of sexual consent from 16 to 12. The judge said it was the voters’ right to judge the appeal of political parties.
The party has only three known members, one of whom was convicted of molesting an 11-year-old boy in 1987. Widely dubbed the “pedophile” party, it is unlikely ever to win a seat in parliament. The group would need around 60,000 votes, and pollsters estimate it would get fewer than 1,000.
Opponents had asked The Hague District Court to bar the party from registering for national elections in November, arguing that children have the right not to be confronted with the party’s platform.
“Freedom of expression, freedom … of association, including the freedom to set up a political party, can be seen as the basis for a democratic society,” Judge H. Hofhuis said in his ruling.
Just for the record…This judge is an idiot.
He noted that the PNVD party, the Dutch abbreviation of Brotherly Love, Freedom and Diversity, had not committed a crime, but was calling for a change in the law.
“It is the right of the voter to judge the appeal of political parties,” he said.

Van den Berg was fined and given a suspended prison sentence for molesting an 11-year-old boy in 1987. After his background became known last month, he was chased from the trailer park where he lived in the city of Oostvoorne.
Anke de Wijn, an attorney representing the party’s opponents, said the group was abusing Dutch tolerance.
“Victims feel hurt by the wish of pedophiles to make their desires known in public,” De Wijn said. “There are few limitations on free speech, and that’s good, but this group is making misuse of the privilege, to provoke.”
Finally! Some common sense.
Ireen van Engelen of the Solace Foundation, which researches pedophilia, said the party likely would fail to register for the elections because pedophiles seek anonymity.
“They will never want to connect their name to the party and without the signatures they can’t go in the elections,” she said.
Well that’s not really the point is it? Who cares whether they win elections or not!
How in the world can there be a party that openly proclaims their desire to have sex with children, and then get a judges stamp of approval by using the phrase that they are a free country, so therefore it’s okay.
This has me so angry…I can’t write about it anymore. I will be talking about it on my show tomorrow, and I am interested in what your thoughts are … so call or write.
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