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| Following the release of the [http://newgon.com/wiki/Rind_et_al Rind et al. (1998)], bills condeming it were passed in [[1999]] by the [[Alaska]] state legislature and the [[United States]] Congress.
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| == HCR 107 (1999) == | | == HCR 107 (1999) == |
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| '''HCR 107''' was passed on 30 July 1999 by the 106th Congress of the [[United States|United States of America]]. | | '''HCR 107''' was passed on 30 July 1999 by the 106th Congress of the United States of America. |
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| ''Also available via query from thomas.loc.gov'' | | :''See [[Text of Rind resolution]].'' |
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| '''Whereas no segment of our society is more critical to the future of human survival than our children; (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate)'''
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| --H.Con. Res.107--
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| H.Con. Res.107
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| Agreed to July 30, 1999
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| One Hundred Sixth Congress
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| United States of America
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| AT THE FIRST SESSION
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| Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
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| the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
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| Concurrent Resolution
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| Whereas no segment of our society is more critical to the future of human survival than our children;
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| Whereas children are a precious gift and responsibility given to parents by God;
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| Whereas the spiritual, physical, and mental well-being of children are parents' sacred duty;
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| Whereas parents have the right to expect Government to refrain from interfering with them in fulfilling their sacred duty and to render necessary assistance;
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| Whereas the Supreme Court has held that parents `who have this primary responsibility for children's well-being are entitled to the support of laws designed to aid discharge of that responsibility' (Ginsberg v. New York, 390 U.S. 629, 639 (1968));
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| Whereas it is the obligation of all public policymakers not only to support, but also to defend, the health and rights of parents, families, and children;
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| Whereas information endangering children is being made public and, in some instances, may be given unwarranted or unintended credibility through release under professional titles or through professional organizations;
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| Whereas elected officials have a duty to inform and counter actions they consider damaging to children, parents, families, and society;
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| Whereas Congress has made sexual molestation and exploitation of children a felony;
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| Whereas all credible studies in this area, including those published by the American Psychological Association, condemn child sexual abuse as criminal and harmful to children;
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| Whereas, once published and allowed to stand, scientific literature may become a source for additional research;
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| Whereas the Psychological Bulletin has recently published a severely flawed study, entitled `A Meta-Analytic Examination of Assumed Properties of Child Sexual Abuse Using College Samples', which suggests that sexual relationships between adults and children are less harmful than believed and might be positive for `willing' children (Psychological Bulletin, vol. 124, No. 1, July 1998);
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| Whereas, in order to clarify any inconsistencies between the two conclusions the authors of the study suggest and the position of the American Psychological Association that sexual relations between children and adults are abusive, exploitive, and reprehensible, and should never be considered or labeled as harmless or acceptable, the American Psychological Association has issued a public `Resolution Opposing Child Sexual Abuse';
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| Whereas the American Psychological Association should be congratulated for publicly clarifying its opposition to any adult-child sexual relations, which will help to deny pedophiles from citing `A Meta-Analytic Examination of Assumed Properties of Child Sexual Abuse Using College Samples' in a legal defense, and for resolving to evaluate the scientific articles it publishes in light of their potential social, legal, and political implications;
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| Whereas the Supreme Court has recognized that `sexually exploited children are unable to develop healthy affectionate relationships in later life, have sexual dysfunctions, and have a tendency to become sexual abusers as adults' (New York v. Ferber, 458 U.S. 747, 758, n.9 (1982));
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| Whereas Paidika--The Journal of Pedophilia, a publication advocating the legalization of sex with `willing' children, has published an article by one of the authors of the study, Robert Bauserman, Ph.D. (see `Man-Boy Sexual Relationships in a Cross-Cultural Perspective,' vol. 2, No. 1, Summer 1989); and
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| Whereas pedophiles and organizations, such as the North American Man-Boy Love Association, that advocate laws to permit sex between adults and children are exploiting the study to promote and justify child sexual abuse: Now, therefore, be it
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| :Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That Congress--
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| ::(1) condemns and denounces all suggestions in the article `A Meta-Analytic Examination of Assumed Properties of Child Sexual Abuse Using College Samples' that indicate that sexual relationships between adults and `willing' children are less harmful than believed and might be positive for `willing' children (Psychological Bulletin, vol. 124, No. 1, July 1998);
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| ::(2) vigorously opposes any public policy or legislative attempts to normalize adult-child sex or to lower the age of consent;
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| ::(3) urges the President likewise to reject and condemn, in the strongest possible terms, any suggestion that sexual relations between children and adults--regardless of the child's frame of mind--are anything but abusive, destructive, exploitive, reprehensible, and punishable by law; and
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| ::(4) encourages competent investigations to continue to research the effects of child sexual abuse using the best methodology, so that the public, and public policymakers, may act upon accurate information.
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| Attest:
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| Clerk of the House of Representatives.
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| Attest:
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| Secretary of the Senate.
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| == CSHJR 36 (1999) == | | == CSHJR 36 (1999) == |
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| ''Also available from [http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HJR036C&session=21 www.legis.state.ak.us].'' | | :''See [[Text of Rind resolution (Alaska)]].'' |
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| <center>CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 36(HES) am<br>
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| IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA<br>
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| TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION
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| :BY THE HOUSE HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE
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| :Amended: 4/23/99<br>
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| :Offered: 4/19/99
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| Sponsor(s): REPRESENTATIVES DYSON, Ogan, Harris, Coghill, Kohring, Green, Barnes<br>
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| SENATORS Halford, Taylor, Green, Miller, Leman, Pearce, Pete Kelly
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| <center>A RESOLUTION</center>
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| Relating to rejecting the conclusions in a recent article published by the American Psychological Association that suggests that sexual relationships between adults and children might be positive for children; and urging the President of the United States and the United States Congress to similarly reject these conclusions.
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| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
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| WHEREAS children are a precious gift and responsibility; and
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| WHEREAS the spiritual, physical, and mental well-being of children is our sacred
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| duty; and
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| WHEREAS no segment of our society is more critical to the future of human survival
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| and society than our children; and
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| WHEREAS it is the obligation of all public policymakers not only to support but also
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| to defend the health and rights of parents, families, and children; and
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| WHEREAS information endangering to children is being made public and, in some
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| instances, may be given unwarranted or unintended credibility through release under
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| professional titles or through professional organizations; and
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| WHEREAS elected officials have a duty to inform and counter actions they consider
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| damaging to children, parents, families, and society; and
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| WHEREAS Alaska has made sexual molestation of a child a felony and has declared
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| parents who sexually molest their children to be unfit; and
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| WHEREAS virtually all studies in this area, including those published by the
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| American Psychological Association, condemn child sexual abuse as criminal and harmful to
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| children; and
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| WHEREAS the American Psychological Association has recently published, but did
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| not endorse, a study that suggests that sexual relationships between adults and willing children
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| are less harmful than believed and might even be positive for "willing" children;
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| BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature condemns and denounces all
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| suggestions in the recently published study by the American Psychological Association that
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| indicates sexual relationships between adults and willing children are less harmful than
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| believed and might even be positive for "willing" children; and be it
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| FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature urges the United States
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| Congress and the President of the United States to likewise reject and condemn, in the
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| strongest honorable written and vocal terms possible, any suggestion that sexual relations
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| between children and adults are anything but abusive, destructive, exploitive, reprehensible,
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| and punishable by law; and be it
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| FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature encourages competent
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| investigations to continue to research the effects of child sexual abuse using the best
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| methodology so that the public and public policymakers may act upon accurate information.
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| COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Bill Clinton, President of the
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| United States; the Honorable Al Gore, Jr., Vice-President of the United States and President
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| of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Trent Lott, Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate; the
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| Honorable J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; the Honorable
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| David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., Surgeon General of the United States; and to the Honorable Ted
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| Stevens and the Honorable Frank Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Don Young,
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| U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress.
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| == Related Articles == | | == Related Articles == |
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| * [http://newgon.com/wiki/Rind_et_al Rind Report] | | * [[Rind et al]] |
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| == External Links == | | == External Links == |
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| * [[Wikipedia: Rind et al]]
| | * [http://boywiki.org/en/Rind_resolution "Rind resolution"] (Original BoyWiki Article) |
| * [http://en.boywiki.org/wiki/Rind_resolution "Rind resolution"] (Original BoyWiki Article) | | |
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