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I'm with you two on this issue. The sex offender registry laws may not be perfect, but it's a start.

I know, though, that for those who were convicted b/f such laws were passed, alas, the laws shouldn't apply to them b/c that would be ex post facto. (There are a few arguments that it is NOT ex post facto for them... but probably it is.)

I see nothing wrong, either, with a registry of those who have killed a human being, and who are out of prison. (WHY they would be out of prison is a mystery to me, but of course we know they do get out.)

Above all, I DON'T SEE WHAT ANY SEX OFFENDER IS COMPLAINING ABOUT REGARDING HAVING TO REGISTER. THE ALTERNATIVE IS THAT HE BE KEPT IN JAIL FOR LIFE.

IMO, there are plenty of arguments for keeping ANYONE who has sexually molested a CHILD in jail for life. In some jurisdictions, rape used to be a capital crime. Maybe we should return to that. Then they wouldn't be complaining about something as trivial as the registry.

And I emphatically do NOT believe that a little girl can actually be used for actual SEX by an adult, and just grow up to "be a pretty normal woman". BULLSH#T. My father was a psychiatrist who saw such people. He had room to talk b/c he was privy to the lives of such victims. He said that having sexual contact with a little girl was one of the best ways to permanently ruin her life. I also heard a judge wax on, on this subject, and he had the same view. The judge went further, and pointed out that the FUTURE HUSBAND of such a little girl is a VICTIM of the girl's molester, too, b/c the girl will carry the baggage with her for life. DITTO FOR BOYS AND THE PERSONS WHO MOLEST THEM.