Dutch pedophiles are indeed partying as a bid to outlaw their new political party has been tossed out by the courts.

A Dutch court has turned down a request to ban a political party with a paedophile agenda.

Judge HFM Hofhuis ruled that the Brotherly Love, Freedom and Diversity Party (PNVD) had the same right to exist as any other political party.

The PNVD was formed by three paedophiles in May, prompting outrage in Dutch society.

It seeks to lower the age of sexual consent from 16 to 12 and legalise child pornography and sex with animals.

The judge said that liberal freedoms of association and expression entail the freedom to form a new political party.  Calling for a change in the law, as outrageous as the proposed change may be, is not in itself illegal.

The party needs some candidates and signatures of only 30 supporters to get on the ballot, so this assessment seems overly optimistic to me:

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.

I hope she's right, but I wouldn't bet the family fortune on it.

Both links via The Pearcey Report.

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