Posted on 02/10/2006 6:52:36 AM PST by ZGuy
What Kinsely has wrought.
I think this is a definitive quote from an activist judge. I couldn't be more clear. This jurist is not interested in applying the law, but in creating or ignoring it.
Therein lies the problem. Facially neutral but gender biased in application.
Almost makes you wonder if Judge Marten has a thing for young girls (or boys), doesn't it?
There is no credible evidence that underage driving is always harmful.
There is no credible evidence that drug use is always harmful.
There is no credible evidence that polygamy is always harmful.
There is no credible evidence that underage alcohol consumption is always harmful.
Judge Marten sounds like a card carrying member of NAMBLA.
District (Federal) Judge ..V.. Kansas (state)
States Rights on the chopping block again !
Absolutely disgusting!
You can cry Kinsey all you want, but not long ago 12 year olds could legally marry. PS: I think that means they could have sex with their spouse.
"Foulston testified that any underage sexual contact between minors, such as the fondling of a girl's breasts, needs to reported. "
Oh, please! Two high school kids groping each other in a car is a crime, now? My word!
I guess most of us were criminals, then, when we were teenagers.
That's the trouble with such laws. While they mean well, they fail in their purpose if they are this inclusive. Yes, cases of sexual abuse of minors should always be a criminal act.
Getting felt up in a car by your boyfriend, however, doesn't fit the description.
When will lawmakers learn that laws need to be specific? Laws that overgeneralize the description of an act are always subject to being thrown out. Describe what you want to be against the law, and in detail, or risk the entire law being tossed.
DISCUSSION ABOUT:
"Judge: No credible evidence underage sex always harmful"
There is no "evidence" that some unelected judge gets to make law, it's high time this judicial anarchy is ended!
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There is a small town nereby where I live that right now has 14 girls pregnant. Their entire student body is only 250! That includes 2 15-year olds and one 14-year old.
Of course, then there is the every present possiblility of VD and psychological ramifications.
Thanks "Judge". May you be held accountable when you stand before God.
Clinton appointee.
This is what I've heard Dr. Laura say many times (paraphrasing):
The younger you become sexually active - even within your own age group - and the more partners you have, even more "serious" relationships like say a series of live-ins, the more likely you are to never be able to develop a committed, normal, family-producing relationship. This applies to both males and females.
In fact, some of the saddest calls are from young men - early to mid-twenties who are already concerned that they aren't connecting emotionally with any of the young women they date.
I have the impression it may not be "fixable" as the younger you are when you experience something the deeper the impression made on your psyche.
The judge in KS may not think that's any big deal but gee, I don't know, blighted lives seem important to me and certainly to those who are living them.
Not a knee jerk conservatism case.
The law apparently suggests some discretion be provided the people on the scene. Two 17 yr olds have sex the day before their 18th birthdays and it rises to the notice of someone, perhaps because the girl asks for a pregnancy test a few months later.
This situation doesn't deserve prosecution. Some discretion is appropriate.
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