This is so typical of OR. It was New Englanders who first settled there in the 1840s and brought their liberalism (even back then) with them. Mark Hatfield was once called “the Nelson Rockefeller of the West Coast”.
My kids were outraged by this and think it is a bunch of BS.
My oldest is 19 and said that this will ruin the rest of their lives if they really have to register as sex offenders.
My 14 year old told me that the butt slapping by both boys and girls has been going on at her school as well ,as a form of greeting,but nobody has made a fuss about that yet,but she was sent into the principals office for hugging a friend that has missed school for a month or two because of illness.I found that outrages and called the principal.
In my eyes giving a friend a hug is nothing evil or sexual,but they see it different.Both kids said that on the one hand they want to promote homosexuality and other things,but then they balk at innocent hugs or slapping of the rear end.