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originally posted by: CornishCeltGuy
a reply to: LesMisanthrope
Okay, you disagreed about Juries knowing previous convictions. I replied in similar fashion about the failings in Canada.
Touche.
Grooming over the internet is not the same as a consensual relationship between a 16 and 23 year old. But they will recieve the same judgment.
Next some of you will be saying 12 is an appropriate age
What I see here is a bunch of people using their progressive ideology to justify something inherently wrong. Not religiously wrong but universally wrong.
It makes me respectful of young humans and the natural order of things. That's all.
Well stated, JAY.
Pedophilia incrementalism.
Progressively pushing that age limit lower and lower.
While the general age of consent is now set between 16 and 18 in all U.S. states, the age of consent has widely varied across the country in the past. In 1880, the age of consent was set at 10 or 12 in most states, with the exception of Delaware where it was 7. The ages of consent were raised across the U.S. during the late 19th century and the early 20th century. By 1920 ages of consent generally rose to 16–18 and small adjustments to these laws occurred after 1920. The final state to raise its age of general consent was Hawaii, which changed it from 14 to 16 in 2001.
originally posted by: LesMisanthrope
The Oregon Youth Authority began supervising Rhodes when he was 14, for sexual abuse and sodomy, authorities said. According to court records, Rhodes was 13 or 14 years old in 2007 when he sexually abused a boy who was 9 or 10 years old.
Portland activist Micah Rhodes pleads guilty in second sex abuse case
Activism and social justice makes a good disguise for those who hold deep-seeded evils.
originally posted by: DAVID64
a reply to: Isurrender73
Grooming over the internet is not the same as a consensual relationship between a 16 and 23 year old. But they will recieve the same judgment.
And what kind of loser do you have to be, trying to have sex with a 16 year old at 23? Please, explain that to me.
originally posted by: lakenheath24
Honestly....is paedophilia a left thing now? Messing with a kid is the worst crime a human can commit....full stop. Touch my grandkids and see what happens. I'm not gonna stop and ask your political stance...I'm gonna ask who you God is cuz your gonna see it soon.
originally posted by: Kharron
a reply to: CornishCeltGuy
Most states in the US, the age of consent is 16, some states are 17 and some 18.
Edit to add link:
Wiki
So most western states and Texas are 18, east cost is mostly 16.
originally posted by: LesMisanthrope
The Oregon Youth Authority began supervising Rhodes when he was 14, for sexual abuse and sodomy, authorities said. According to court records, Rhodes was 13 or 14 years old in 2007 when he sexually abused a boy who was 9 or 10 years old.
Portland activist Micah Rhodes pleads guilty in second sex abuse case
Activism and social justice makes a good disguise for those who hold deep-seeded evils.
originally posted by: LesMisanthrope
originally posted by: CornishCeltGuy
a reply to: LesMisanthrope
I support the denying of juries to have knowledge of previous convictions.
I stole cars in my mid-teens, one time I was innocent in court but they would certainly have convicted me if they knew my previous. Juries here solely look at the facts of the specific claims, not previous.
All Judges and Juries judge on the facts of the current case.