[Ellesu]

there’s a difference between the drunken uncle who fondles the breast of his niece through her shirt and the serial pedophile who preys on children, he said.

[originalbuckeye]

There is nothing more destructive to a child's well-being than to sexualize them at too early an age. These pedophiles need to be put away for a long time. I support this.

[Windsong]

The legislation, if passed into law, means sex offenders could not:

- Attend church

BAD idea.

[Popman]

Not.....Attend church.........

I find this fundamentally wrong. I do think the pastor needs to be informed a convicted sex offender is attending the church

This whole article sort of disturbs me because they are seemingly taking a very complex issue and putting it into a very rigid system for the sake of garnering votes

Is the penalty the same for an 18 year old getting too frisky with a very mature 13 year old (unknown to him) and a 38 year old taking advantage of a 14 year old because she is looking for love in all the wrong places?

No way you can tell from this article

The first guy needs to have his ass kicked for being stupid, the second guy needs to be shot.

Pandering for votes on the back of a serious issue like child sex abuse reeks of demagoguery

[muir_redwoods]

I think a harsh law like this might increase the likelihood that a molester will kill the only witness

[AntiGovernment]

I'm so touched. Those poor little things! How could those AW-FUL legislators do this to them? The child molesters are merely expressing themselves, no need to punish them. /sarc

I am disturbed that the legislation allows for a 25 year sentence. They should be locked up for good, whether they are family or not. Why not give them the death penalty? Cause child molesters haven't seen nothing until they get in jail. The more respectable criminals (talking about an oxymoron) give them hell.

[Old_Mil]

Plus, their elderly parents could be prosecuted for not keeping up with their adult sex offender children, even after going to a nursing home.

So you're going to let the pervert off the hook, but hold some 80 year old in a nursing home responsible for what the pervert does long after his 18th birthday. Good thing there, Sherlock.