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yguy · 07-28-2003, 12:31 PM

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Originally posted by Amen-Moses
Scrap it and go for licensing.

Yeah, swell. That way a 6 year old can have sex with Aqualung as long as the authorities are satisfied that the kid is able to give informed consent.

yguy · 07-28-2003, 12:35 PM

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Originally posted by UglyManOnCampus
Why? If you want to remain celibate that long knock yourself out. But do not force other to do the same by threatening them with a felony charge.

I know you think you have the inalienable right to get laid, but you don't.

Fatherphil is right. Anyone caught porking under 21 should be thrown in the slammer for 30 days. Period.

Derec · 07-28-2003, 12:42 PM

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Originally posted by yguy
Anyone caught porking under 21 should be thrown in the slammer for 30 days. Period.

And anyone so dense to actually suggest this should be sent to Saudi Arabia faster than they can say 'theocracy'. Period.

UMoC

MollyMac · 07-28-2003, 12:46 PM

18 for my son. 21 for my daughter. 16 for everyone else's kids.

Daleth · 07-28-2003, 12:54 PM

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Originally posted by fatherphil
i'm for bumping it up to 21

Cause guess who has an 18 year old daughter.

Cute, Phil.

PopeInTheWoods · 07-28-2003, 02:38 PM

A quick legal question:

In the USA, the age of consent is generally 18 correct? So what happens if two 15-year-olds have otherwise consensual sex with each other? Can they both be charged with statuatory rape?

Andy

tronvillain · 07-28-2003, 02:46 PM

The age of consent in Canada is actually fourteen as far as I can recall, though you cannot have anal sex until you are eighteen (that will probably change eventually). I think a two tiered system would be good, with a two year difference limit for those between fourteen and sixteen (or numbers somewhere around those).

Daleth · 07-28-2003, 02:47 PM

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Originally posted by PopeInTheWoods
In the USA, the age of consent is generally 18 correct? So what happens if two 15-year-olds have otherwise consensual sex with each other? Can they both be charged with statuatory rape?

Nope. the exact regulations vary by state, but generally if the person a minor has sex with is within 2-4 years of their age, no one can be charged with statutory rape. So a 15yo can have have sex with a 17yo, and it's still legal. In some cases, delinquency laws might apply, though. Not sure about that. Also in a lot of states, 16 is the age of consent, but people don't tend to know it.

Dal

Alonzo Fyfe · 07-28-2003, 02:55 PM

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Originally posted by PopeInTheWoods
In the USA, the age of consent is generally 18 correct? So what happens if two 15-year-olds have otherwise consensual sex with each other? Can they both be charged with statuatory rape?

In one state, the law is actually written so that two juveniles having sex can actually both be charged with statuatory rape; California.

Silent Acorns · 07-28-2003, 02:55 PM

From Parliamentary Research Branch Publications - Virtual Library

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The Criminal Code does not now criminalize consensual sexual activity with or between persons 14 or over, unless it takes place in a relationship of trust or dependency, in which case sexual activity with persons over 14 but under 18 can constitute an offence, notwithstanding their consent. Even consensual activity with those under 14 but over 12 may not be an offence if the accused is under 16 and less than two years older than the complainant. The exception, of course, is anal intercourse, to which unmarried persons under 18 cannot legally consent, although both the Ontario Court of Appeal(3) and the Quebec Court of Appeal(4) have struck down the relevant section of the Criminal Code.

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07-28-2003, 12:46 PM	#14
MollyMac Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 2,125	18 for my son. 21 for my daughter. 16 for everyone else's kids.

07-28-2003, 02:38 PM	#16
PopeInTheWoods Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Rochester NY USA Posts: 4,318	A quick legal question: In the USA, the age of consent is generally 18 correct? So what happens if two 15-year-olds have otherwise consensual sex with each other? Can they both be charged with statuatory rape? Andy

07-28-2003, 02:46 PM	#17
tronvillain Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 5,658	The age of consent in Canada is actually fourteen as far as I can recall, though you cannot have anal sex until you are eighteen (that will probably change eventually). I think a two tiered system would be good, with a two year difference limit for those between fourteen and sixteen (or numbers somewhere around those).

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