Original sentence: In the next several years, a rift developed in gay rights circles between a small faction of radical gays and "boylovers" and a much larger group of pragmatists.NAMBLA descended to its current state of disrepute, invoked more often by its enemies than by its supporters.The promotion of sexual rights for youth by people interested in sexual relationships with them was a controversial topic, and by the early 1980s almost every well-known gay organization adopted the pragmatist position and jettisoned NAMBLA
Edited sentence: By the early 1980s almost every well-known gay organization adopted the latter position and jettisoned NAMBLA.Consequently, NAMBLA descended to its current state of disrepute, invoked more often by its enemies than by its supporters.In the next several years, a rift developed in gay rights circles between a small faction of radical gays and "boylovers" who championed the sexual rights of youths, and a much larger group of pragmatists.The promotion of sexual rights for youth created a lightning rod with which other gay rights groups were unable or unwilling to cope