Judge: No credible evidence underage sex always harmful

Witchita Eagle ^ | 2/9/6 | ROXANA HEGEMAN

[jamaly]

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.

My guess is that it has been at least 60 years or more since that was legal. Remember in the 1950s Jerry Lee Lewis married his cousin who was 13 or14. The press had a fit and so did the public.

[bigsigh]

I guess I'll have to yell my point before anyone gets it.

[mlc9852]

Maybe you missed the point. The poster said marriage at 12 used to be legal and we said slavery used to be legal also but that didn't make it right. I don't know of anyone who would equate sex and slavery.

[Galveston Grl]

Oh, so it was not recently that twelve year olds were getting married in the US. It was back in l860. As I said, "you were just sayin'..." : )

[bigsigh]

Yes and MY POINT IS taht means Kinsey did not invent or discover sex with "underaged" teens. What is your point?

[bigsigh]

And why was it wrong for 12 year olds to marry in the early 1800s and before. And how do you equate that with slavery?

[bigsigh]

We're way off track already, but surely you're not blaming sex with 16 year olds on Kinsey, or are you?

[mlc9852]

I never said anything about Kinsey.

[Galveston Grl]

I never said anything about Kinsey, the pervert who molested kids to see if tolerated it. I was addressing your statement that 12 years old were marrying not so long ago. If 1860 is not so long ago... : )

[CodeToad]

""Where is the clear, credible evidence that underage sex is always injurious? If you tell me because it is illegal - I reject that," Marten said.
"

Someone needs to check that pervert's computer for child porn.

[ReaganCowboy]

Those Old's 98's had big seats, didn't they?

Lord, that brings back memories...

[auboy]

Only a fool uses the word always.

[John Lenin]

Ift can be very harmful when the kid's father gets a hold of you and punches your lights out ...

[NicknamedBob]

With one breath we condemn school administrators for their "zero tolerance" protocals which absolve them of using common sense, and with our next we condemn a judge who seems to require it.

I don't think attacking the judge's character is helpful. He seems to have a knotty problem on his hands. I wouldn't want to be the one who had to untangle it -- without a sword.

[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

Come to think of it, I've never seen clear and convincing evidence that murder is always harmful.

[r9etb]

I don't think attacking the judge's character is helpful. He seems to have a knotty problem on his hands.

To be quite honest, I have to think the judge's "knotty" problem is precisely as I suggested it was. Either that or he's a God-damned fool.

[NicknamedBob]

"... forced reporting discourages adolescents from seeking counseling and medical treatment ..."

This is reporting to authorities, not to parents. I do agree with the judge that sometimes sexual adventurism should not automatically be considered criminal. The judge is, I believe rightly, insisting that a certain level of adult understanding be implemented.

Do you not see the parallel with school "authorities" over-reacting about pictures of guns, and about children in first grade giving out kisses?

[r9etb]

Do you not see the parallel with school "authorities" over-reacting about pictures of guns, and about children in first grade giving out kisses?

Not particularly. For one thing, one does not get VD or pregnant from those things.

[NicknamedBob]

I was not speaking about the activity. I was addressing the reaction to the activity.

It is my opinion that many times an overblown reaction does more harm than the results of specific activities may cause.

And I am devoutly in favor of more common sense being required of everyone.

[jwalsh07]

Evidently it is. If Roe was overturned it wouldn't be. Puzzle that out sensei. :-}