[expat1000]

Full Title: Girl, 13, her boyfriend, 12, ordered to register as sex offenders after having consensual relationship with each other

[WayneS]

A juvenile judge initially denied the girl’s appeal and the Utah Court of Appeals upheld the ruling, claiming that the law was to protect children from each other.

Here is yet another judge who needs to be removed from the bench.

[cloudmountain]

I think their PARENTS should be put in jail.
Their baby should be given up for adoption.
And the two of them need some intense counseling.

Wow, I sound ULTRA conservative, don't I?

[AppyPappy]

Neither party can give consent.

[Vaquero]

what about all the ancient FLDS perverts in Utah who ‘marry’ a bevy of 13 year old girls.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Government is the most greedy, corrupt, ignorant and murderous force on earth.

Religious faith in government is far crazier than religious faith in God.

[mmichaels1970]

Although they were both children, Utah State officials found them guilty of sexual abuse of a child

So if two kids get in a fight and punch each other, they are both guilty of child abuse.

[Ex-Pat in Mex]

This is just another classic example of feminism and feminist jurisprudence run amok. These gals are well funded by things like the Unconstitutional “Violence Against the Majority of Voters Act (not a constitutional Act like “The Anti-Domestic Violence Act.”)

Herein lies the danger with taxpayer dollars funding activism by radicals whose roots are not in fairness and equity, but Marxism, socialism and special privilege for the protected “group de jour.”

[Dr. Sivana]

“I used her, she used me, but neither one cared ...”

[AKinAK]

Uh-Oh. Does ‘petting’ count? Wait, I don’t think I had “Sex-Sex” or perhaps I fell under Clinton’s comment that what they did “wasn’t sex” and he was right, it was sodomy! It’s all so confusing these days. Hope these kids come out OK. I did (I think)

[George from New England]

The establishment is gonna ‘water down’ the abuser list(s) so much that it/they becomes irrelevant and ignored as time ticks on.

[Gay State Conservative]

I don't even recall even having had the ability to “perform” at the age of 12....if ya catch my drift (family audience here).

[Pearls Before Swine]

13... 12.... Utah. Is the problem that they were too young, or that they weren’t married? /S

[BitWielder1]

I don't know how kids of today are supposed to navigate between the "anything goes" attitude of the current media culture and gayism and the "nothing goes" stance of laws and feminism.

As much as I was initially inclined to leave the 13-year old lovers alone, the fact is that young people can become pregnant, contract diseases, it's very risky and they are not mature enough, mentally and financially, to deal with the consequences. Their parents will be paying if anything happens.
Maybe laws that says that NOBODY can have sex with someone below age of consent is what we need to protect our children from the oncoming attempts to normalize pedophilia.
Anything else muddles the message too much.

[Blackirish]

Force them to get married and get jobs...that’ll teach them.

[trubolotta]

The point of the sex offender list is to identify threats to children. A 12 and 13 year old willing to have sex with each other show not only shows a lack of good judgment but a willingness to act on their impulses. That is the threat to other children. Will that change over time as they mature? Perhaps, but when? Does anyone want their daughter to associate with a sexually active 12 year old willing to act on his impulses? When does he become “safe?” At 13,14,15,16? You can turn that around too for sons.

[Hugin]

Things are always so much better when the legal system gets involved. /s

[Will we know the moment]

If this is child abuse, even if the kids consented, then masturbation is also child abuse.

[wardaddy]

Sex laws are so ridiculous these days

[DannyTN]

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