This isn't polemical, it's information seeking: I read the article at Politico, I couldn't find anything about lowering the age of consent, that was the hook for me, and I can't see your references for it. I had previously planned on bringing it up on a radio show this week,
Ryan T. Anderson on Catholic Answers Friday, Sep 11, 2015 - 6pm ET. My point is that there have been agitations in the UK for lowering the age of consent for decades, and isn't that the next location of the moving target?