Posted on 01/11/2009 3:40:12 AM PST by billorites
Well, that's true, they are no longer in business anymore. At least not in Texas
In Canada eh
Really? I'm sort of shocked
We live in a "kid centric" society. Kids are always right and adults are always wrong. Don't believe me, just turn on the TV.
I suppose this type of behavior is considered “normal” by their “Standards”.
Actually, 14 years is not that uncommon an age of consent around the world and may even apply in some U.S. states.
The crucial element, at least in Canada and probably other jurisdictions as well, is that the perpetrator, ...er, I mean older "friend," not have any undue power or influence over the younger. Thus, a guardian, teacher, counselor, supervisor, etc. would still be considered as performing a crime. A total stranger of the same age met on the street, perhaps not.
Age of consent = 14 in Canada well it did my mistake.
Originally:
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.
But....I’m mistaken:
It is now illegal for adults in Canada to have sex with a partner under the age of 16, one of the new provisions of the Tories’ violent crime law that came into effect on Thursday.
The Tackling Violent Crime Act raises the legal age of sexual consent in Canada to 16 from 14, the first time it has been raised since 1892.
Yay Harper!
But do you notice that the original law states that:
The exception, of course, is anal intercourse, to which unmarried persons under 18 cannot legally consent
Like it’s a no-brainer....take that rainbow coalition LOL
Huh?! You must have a "naughty bookworm" fetish. :)
as a matter of fact, no...and knowing the judges around
here...(wonder if any kids who are “emancipated” from
their parents have done just that)
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