At my time I had extremely unpleasant teachers...
I've been amazed at the amount of coverage this story has received. For example it was the lead story on this morning's Today Show.
The woman did her time. At this point, who cares if she gets together with her boyfriend?
Well now that he is of legal age and she is still as immature as ever now they can be together.
It is beyond comprehension that this pathetic, immature woman would still want to be with this kid and this kid would even still want to be with her.
The sad component in all of this are those two kids who are the true victims in this whole mess.
Millions of horny teenage males lobby their school districts to hire her...news at 11.
Lock up yer sons.
Ms. LeTourneau's sexual liaisons were "cutting edge," as they involved sex with a minor. There is some irony to this situation, given her father's staunch, though hypocritical, social conservatism. Cases like hers may be used by the Left, to topple existing laws forbidding sex with minors. Rest assured that pornographers and homosexuals will use their influence and money to bring about the abolition of such statutes.
Even many liberals oppose pederasty. Laws abolishing the criminal sanctions against this activity would not be approved, even by the legislatures of Massachusetts and California. However, given another two or three Ruth Bader Ginsbergs to the Supreme Court and a hundred or so liberals to lower Federal courts and a widespread campaign by the liberal media casting a "new light" on this perversion, it could occur. Perhaps Ms. LeTourneau could pose as a martyr for this cause.
For those who say that "it can't happen here," let me remind you of recent history. Who would have thought in 1990 that homosexual marriage would make the progress it has? In 1980, few would have believed the "F-bomb" and nudity would be commonplace on television. Would someone who lived in the relatively wholesome atmosphere of the 1940s or 1950s believe that the most lurid pornography would be a mouse-click away and that "adult" book stores would be plentiful on off-ramps of Interstates, even in the Bible Belt?
Be afraid, be very afraid. But stand up for decency and morality as well.
This case just tells me that there is a lot of mental disease in this country.
Plygrounds across the nation have been put on "High Alert."
The same reporter who calls one of the primary victims her "lover" reports that "A judge sentenced her to six months in jail for second-degree child rape, and ordered her to stay away from Fualaau.
Letourneau: "We had a beautiful relationship, and I value it for what it was."
What is the matter with these people?! The reporter sounds as messed up as Letourneau.
Cordially,
Sick. What rights should a mother in prison have when she's there for MOLESTING a child??
Our free-enterprise system is about to REWARD her as well.
God help her children. There are NO winners in this unfortunate mess.
The best thing for those 2 kids would have been adoption. The other 4 sound like they'll be ok in Alaska.
I have been following this case from the start. My feeling is, if she would of been a male teacher and he a sixth grade girl would she have been treated like the media darling? No. She would be treated like some sort of freak, a sicko.
I think there few males out their that had not a boyish crush on at least one pretty teacher. Heck even Leave It To Beaver had an episode on the subject. Teachers know it's going to happen from time to time and they should know how to handle it when it does.
She is a very emotionally disturbed woman who is a danger to herself and others especially those two kids she spawned with the boy-man.
She should not be released into the general population.
She "slipped past a horde of reporters..." ? Have they officially blamed President Bush for that yet?