Why is it surprising that if the subject of having sex with 12-year-olds come up, you would have to be very very careful about your age-of-consent views, lest they be confused with the socially unacceptable view of child molesters and sexual predators? ❋ Unknown (2010)
As there are no allegations, from Breedlove or anyone else, that the relationship was non-consensual (ignoring the age-of-consent doctrine), nor are there any allegations that anything happened prior to Breedlove's 16th birthday, there is no reason for a grand jury to get involved. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Another justification for age-of-consent laws is that the sort of adults who prey upon young children sexually are also likely to harm them in other ways, including violently -- to cover up their deeds, if for no other reason. ❋ Unknown (2010)
And I have heard that there is an age-of-consent law. ❋ MICHeLe DomInGuez Greene (2010)
On the outside, they are often too young to say "yes" to sex, if they wanted to, because of age-of-consent laws. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The international conferences I attended on “child sexual exploitation”, in 2001, set the agenda to raise the age-of-consent in all states uniformly and also around the world. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Now, some of those other guy-guy pics where they ARE both guys AND are both age-of-consent, they are quite hot, I have to say. ❋ Elizabeth McClung (2008)
We also have equal age-of-consent laws (set at 16), partnership laws and even legal-commitment ceremonies in some of our major cities. ❋ Laban (2005)
He burns his money and Social Security card, he kayaks in violation of clearly stated rules, and he steals rides on freight trains, but he's rigorous about the age-of-consent laws. ❋ Ann Althouse (2007)
In 1980 a NAMBLA general meeting passed a resolution, which said: 1 The North American Man/Boy Love Association calls for the abolition of age-of-consent and all other laws which prevent men and boys from freely enjoying their bodies. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Now that readers here have finished beating on the dead horse of BDSM pardon the pun do we want to start discussing age-of-consent laws? ❋ Unknown (2006)
NAMBLA is a group that promotes pedophilia and has called for the “abolition of age-of-consent and all other laws” regarding sexual relations with minors. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Nor was age-of-consent the only shattered taboo: he began sleeping with mothers while their babies cried, wives with their husbands on speakerphone, and schoolteachers on lunch breaks in playgrounds. ❋ Edited By Susie Bright (2006)
As far as I understand it–and I may be entirely wrong about this–what the State does in the case of age-of-consent laws is take away from parents, at least to some degree, the right to decide when a child is ready to have sex. ❋ Unknown (2006)
