A 30 year old asking a 14 year old for a date is crude and offensive where I come from. I suppose in Muslim cultures and on Epstein’s island it is OK. But not Alabama and not where I live.
The 14 year old is the one that strongly appears to be lying.
The 16/17/18 year olds were all asked on dates, but with Parent’s permission required. In one case, IIRC, permission was denied and Moore didn’t ask again. None of the other three (outside the 14yo) allege he did anything more than kissing and hugging.
Only the one that strongly appears to be lying alleges he did anything overtly sexual.
Your moralizing ignores the 1979 reality in Alabama, where this was becoming unusual, but not yet unacceptable. This methodology used to be the norm in the south, where the man would make himself successful first, then marry a much junior woman - often in her later teen years.
There is no proof of Moore dating a 14 year old. Where do you get that? From a DNC employee offered money by the WAPO ? What a joke.
Yeah, NOW. This was in the mid-to-late 1970s, in the South. Different culture. Please do not take this as if it happened last week.