{"id":38699,"date":"2016-05-24T13:18:52","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T17:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=38699"},"modified":"2016-05-24T13:19:58","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T17:19:58","slug":"glenn-beck-america-is-on-its-way-to-normalizing-pedophilia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=38699","title":{"rendered":"Glenn Beck: America is on its way to &#8216;normalizing&#8217; pedophilia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->AOL.com<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content not-mobile\" data-refreshcnt=\"1\" data-enablerefresh=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p>Talk show host Glenn Beck has said that America is on its way to &#8220;normalizing&#8221; pedophilia based on the way transgender rights have changed in the country&#8217;s culture.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I guarantee you, the next stop on this train is pedophilia,&#8221; Beck said on <a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/glennbeck\">The Glenn Beck Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Beck predicted that Hollywood will soon try to &#8220;normalize&#8221; pedophilia based on<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2016\/may\/23\/elijah-wood-hollywoods-child-sex-abuse-comparable-to-jimmy-savile-case\">claims from actor Elijah Wood<\/a> that child sex abuse is commonplace in the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n<p>Beck&#8217;s comments were in <a href=\"http:\/\/fox43.com\/2016\/05\/20\/hersheypark-will-allow-transgender-guests-to-use-bathrooms-based-on-their-sexual-identity\/\">response to <\/a>Pennsylvania theme park <a href=\"http:\/\/fox43.com\/2016\/05\/20\/hersheypark-will-allow-transgender-guests-to-use-bathrooms-based-on-their-sexual-identity\/\">Hersheypark<\/a>&#8216;s statement that guests could use whichever restroom corresponds to their gender identity.<\/p>\n<p>The bathroom issue became a topic of national discussion after North Carolina passed a law requiring people to use restrooms in government buildings based on the sex shown on their birth certificate.<\/p>\n<p>In response, President Obama later urged schools to allow students to use the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-article__see-also\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;see_also&quot;}}\">___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aol.com\/article\/2016\/05\/24\/glenn-beck-america-is-on-its-way-to-normalizing-pedophilia\/21382630\/\">http:\/\/www.aol.com\/article\/2016\/05\/24\/glenn-beck-america-is-on-its-way-to-normalizing-pedophilia\/21382630\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38699\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}