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It's a symptom of an electoral process rapidly turning into some frightening theme park, one section of which is Moralityland (the main ride being tempests revolving in teacups labeled Family Values, Defense of Religion, the War on Drugs, etc., etc.) Fortunately only a small, if loud, minority of the electorate live in Moralityland any more, and that's why New York residents oppose Giuliani 2-to-1.
These tempests do not arise from any actual disagreement over pedophilia.