Edited sentence: 60-90%), and both in the United States and Europe, "boy lovers" initially tried to use these groups as a common platform for gay rights and for their own message of legalizing pedophilia.Mainstream gay rights groups like the International Lesbian and Gay Association, an umbrella organization, have quickly distanced themselves from these groups and expelled members that hold these views.Regardless, "boy love" (and, to a lesser extent, "girl love") groups continue to exist and to propagate what they believe to be the "sexual rights" of children, using especially the Internet to disseminate their moral beliefs.So-called "boy love" and pedophilia advocacy groups like NAMBLA (United States), AG Pädo (Germany) and Vereniging MARTIJN (Netherlands) believe that the age of consent should be lowered or abolished entirely, and that children, especially boys, are capable of consenting to sexual acts with older men.Studies into pedophilia by Edward Brongersma, Frits Bernard and Rüdiger Lautmann have found that the majority of pedophiles seek relationships with boys (ca.They have repeatedly stated that they find child sexual abuse abhorrent and immoral.While pedophilia and homosexuality are generally recognized to be distinct sexual alignments, the majority of pedophilies appear to have a preference for homosexual relationships