To: Stingray51
When one member of the couple is aged 14 to 16 and the other is older, the act is statutory rape under the Kansas law and the most common penalty is probation if the two are heterosexual. But probation is not available to same-sex teenage couples. Much like Lawrence vs. Texas, this law is DISCRIMINATORY. This has nothing to do with privacy. One penalty for heteros and another for homos? This is not America.
9 posted on
06/27/2003 1:17:52 PM PDT by
Lunatic Fringe
(When news breaks, we fix it.)
To: Lunatic Fringe
Talk to the founders.
I like the fact that KS treats homosexuals differently from heteros.
Heck, I remember the KS Supreme ruling that sex change operations are a mockery of nature and they refused to give property to a "wife" of a deceased man. The "wife" changed his sex from male to female. That is some justice that is not afraid of being politically correct.
63 posted on
06/27/2003 1:50:17 PM PDT by
rwfromkansas
("There is dust enough on some of your Bibles to write 'damnation' with your fingers." C.H. Spurgeon)
To: Lunatic Fringe
Suppose "Matthew" was "Matilda" instead. I wonder how many FReepers would be posting comments like "Where were these 18 year old girls giving BJs when I was 14?" In both cases, the acts are sinful; but, some people are OK with some sins. That's how we get goofy laws like these.
244 posted on
06/27/2003 7:28:40 PM PDT by
Redcloak
(All work and no FReep makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no FReep make s Jack a dul boy. Allwork an)
To: Lunatic Fringe
Right. Certainly not the new "America" where diversity of sex acts is honored.
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