You are correct Jacob, that makes no sense. If I am a 16 year old girl and my BF is 17 and we have sex its legal but as soon as he turns 18 its now illegal.
http://www.loveandlearn.com/questions5/statrape/part2.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 9:12 AM Subject: Re: Librals Suck ~ lol > Does not make sense... > > In California, it is illegal to have sex with someone under the age of > 18. Statutory rape. So, an 18 year old male having sex with an 17 year > old female could be charged with rape (not likely to happen in California > though). Reason, because someone under the age of 18 unable to make that > kind of decision for himself or herself. > > But, someone 14 years old can be tried as an adult for murder, robbery, or > other serious crimes. Reason, should know right from wrong. > > At 08:22 AM 5/28/2002 -0800, you wrote: > >----- > > > > > > Hmmm, how old where you and your girlfriend when ....? Both over 18? > > > Even if it was consensual, I presume it was :), was it legal? > > > > > > >Most states in the US have a consensual age of 16. This means that an adult > >can't have sex with anyone under this age legally. It does NOT mean that two > >14 year olds doing it is illegal. > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
