Posted on 11/13/2017 10:07:15 AM PST by SeekAndFind
And a part of which denial I would not be able to make truthfully. When I was an 18 year old sailor my ship spent a couple of months (or maybe six weeks...memory fails) in the Bethlehem Steel drydock in Baltimore. I met and dated a number of girls and young women, usually the ice-cream parlor or a movie; couldn't afford much more. One of them got clingy, and we "made out" a few times; almost got lucky but fortuitous circumstances prevented it. Thank God! I met her older sister, who informed me she was thirteen!
Even though nothing happened, had she accused me I could have been in big trouble! I let her down as easily as I knew how, and her parent (single mom, divorcee) shipped her off to West Virginia to visit an aunt.
But yes, I did "date" a 13 year-old when I was a legal adult.
32 and 20
Why? On what basis.
It’s a whole lot easier to believe an accusation a day, a week, or a month after the alleged event that it is 38 years later. Particularly if the accusation is timed for 4-5 weeks before the election, just after mail-in voting starts so it’s too late to change the candidate on the ballot, and too late to get to the bottom of the story before voting closes.
The timing stinks to high heaven, along with the lockstep establishment response from both sides of the aisle. The shock from insiders is far stronger than the response for Clinton with DNA evidence, for various Kennedy rapists who were reported immediately, or for the typical Swamp Thing caught with his hand in the cookie jar. The story simply does not ring true. It’s kabuki theater.
No, it doesn’t raise a red flag for me. It would not raise a red flag for Cotton Mather or John Pym or any other Puritan either (except they only had courtships and not dating per se).
There was legal and it was considered acceptable decades ago for older men to date 17 and 18-year olds.
It will be time to stop defending judge Roy Moore when one of these accusations is substantiated.
Until then, it’s all hearsay.
I know. They can throw him in the river. If he floats he’s guilty. Stick with the tried and true methods
She was just 17, you know what I mean
and the why she looked was way beyond compare.
Wrong question. Was it acceptable 38 or more years ago for a 32-year old to date 17 and 18 year olds?
Or Mohammed, don't forget him. Is being religeous what makes it OK?
What do you think of Elvis? He first become infatuated with Priscilla when she was 14 and married he as soon as she turned 18. For decades has anyone blinked an eye over that?
You're applying shifting standards to what was considered acceptable decades ago.
Moore is now 70 and been happily married for more than 30 years.
We called women like her LIARS and TRAMPS!
I always thought that was creepy. I guess I'm in the minority there.
Roy, shut up now about dating and young ladies. Ick. It’s a creepy topic and you are an old man. It’s a revolting combo. If you get elected, be humble and support our president 100% to repay those who supported you.
Moore has been happily married for more than 30 years. What matters is the man he is today.
As has been mentioned many times now, Elvis brought 14 year old Priscilla into his house to live not much before this time.
The point is that even now it’s not unusual to see younger women with older men. In the 70s, before divorce really took off most similar age women were married off for a man coming home from college, a tour in the military, and time in law school.
10 years or so wasn’t all that unusual, and we’re talking the south and we’re talking Alabama.
As a christian I believe in forgiveness and redemption. These allegations are almost 40 years old. Obviously the man has lived a good life and has good values. As a christian I judge him to be one of the best possible politicians of our day.
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