To: Question_Assumptions
You're right. The ability--or lack thereof--of an 11 year old to consent is a big problem. But I am much more comfortable with that decision being made by her parents than by someone who doesn't know her and just wants to impose their ideology on her.
40 posted on
08/30/2006 4:27:09 PM PDT by
Huntress
(Proud owner of Norman/Norma, the transsexual cat.)
To: Huntress
Remember that the man who raped her was her step-father, which brings her mother's judgement about the well-being of her daughter seriously into question. If she had put her daughter's safety first and protected her, she wouldn't be facing this problem at all.
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