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The activities of a 14 year old girl ARE her parents business.
Originally posted by Maslo
reply to post by NavyDoc
The activities of a 14 year old girl ARE her parents business.
However, it is not the business of the government. Not when they are near in age.
Originally posted by AutOmatIc
Originally posted by RothchildRancor
The problem shouldn't be about the same sex relationship, it should be about the fact that one of them was 18 and the other 14.
Sex with a minor is still sex with a minor gay or straight.
^^THIS^^ is what it's all about. Everything else is just a distraction/derailment. An adult having relations with a minor child is illegal, and she will be branded a child molester for the rest of her life. And she should be labeled as so.
Originally posted by Maslo
reply to post by NavyDoc
The activities of a 14 year old girl ARE her parents business.
However, it is not the business of the government. Not when they are near in age.
they have romeo and juliet exceptions for relationships within 2 years.
She has been placed in an environment of school with her classmates where they go to school together, have lunch together, and play on the same team and are allowed to have communication and contact without barriers. Then when something develops between the two as a result of this environment created by the state, it leads to criminal prosecution."
"If this incident occurred 108 days earlier when she was 17, we wouldn't even be here," the attorney wrote.
Originally posted by MichaelPMaccabee
Originally posted by defuntion
Originally posted by MichaelPMaccabee
The girl's were 17 and 15 when this started, not 18 and 14.
The parents didn't file charges until she was 18 to ensure she would be tried as an adult. The ages are important because Florida has an age proximity clause in its consent laws.
This probably wont go to trial.edit on 22-5-2013 by MichaelPMaccabee because: (no reason given)
No. That is not what the article says....
Straight from the OP's article source:
The girls were 18 and 14 when they became sexually involved, according to an arrest affidavit by the county Sheriff's Department.
Why are people trying to make excuses?
That article is wrong. Do a quick google search for the actual information in this case. It isn't hard to find birthdays and names of those involved. It isn't even POSSIBLE for what the arrest affidavit is claiming to be true. Which doesn't impact the case at all, because those are usually just filled with the stories given to the police by the parties involved.
Originally posted by HomerinNC
Originally posted by MichaelPMaccabee
Originally posted by defuntion
Originally posted by MichaelPMaccabee
The girl's were 17 and 15 when this started, not 18 and 14.
The parents didn't file charges until she was 18 to ensure she would be tried as an adult. The ages are important because Florida has an age proximity clause in its consent laws.
This probably wont go to trial.edit on 22-5-2013 by MichaelPMaccabee because: (no reason given)
No. That is not what the article says....
Straight from the OP's article source:
The girls were 18 and 14 when they became sexually involved, according to an arrest affidavit by the county Sheriff's Department.
Why are people trying to make excuses?
That article is wrong. Do a quick google search for the actual information in this case. It isn't hard to find birthdays and names of those involved. It isn't even POSSIBLE for what the arrest affidavit is claiming to be true. Which doesn't impact the case at all, because those are usually just filled with the stories given to the police by the parties involved.
how about you post your sources? I posted mine, I wont do your research for you
The ages at the time were 18 and 14.
If it was a 18 year old male, there would be people calling for his castration, why shouldn't this be any different?
originally posted by: Maslo
reply to post by Eliza
The ages at the time were 18 and 14.
What are the birth dates? Florida has a near age exception of four years. 18 and 14 can be less than four years difference.