[mhking]

You have the right for me to kill you if you come within a quarter mile of my daughter again....

Just damn.

If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[okie01]

"...a lawyer for one of them contends 14-year-olds have a right to privacy that allows them to consent to sex with each other, and has challenged the constitutionality of the law."

I really don't think I'd want this case to come before the SCOTUS. At least, not the way it is currently constituted...

[Gumption]

Something tells me this thread title's gonna get FR a lot of Google hits.

[gsrinok]

Don Linke, the boy's attorney, argues that children's privacy rights include the right to make "important decisions."

Children aren't ready to make important decisions like these. That's what parents are for.

[exit82]

We are overlooking the most important thing in this case. Were they going to use a condom?

[VOA]

Teens have right to have sex, lawyer argues (Huh?!?)

I thought this was considered settled law, based on the high-caliber reasonings embedded in
the penumbra of lyrics from Cyndie Lauper and some rap artists.
(end sarcasm...even if it's probably effectively true)

[Lorianne]

...the statute is intended to prevent older teenagers or adults from abusing or exploiting younger, more vulnerable children, not to prohibit consensual sex among teenagers.

Exactly right. The INTENT of the law is to criminalize adults who sexually prey upon and exploit children. Criminally prosecuting two children for sex (which is not by force) is ridiculous.

This kind of action is why Statutory Rape laws and age-of-consent limits are under assault by some Liberals.

[ikka]

What is the story that is not reported?

The mother of the girl is a single mom and the girl's father was thus not present to beat the crap out of the 14-year-old punk.

[The Brush]

Teenagers have a right to make decisions for having sex and abortions, however at 14 they are not legally allowed to work.
I'd say the age of "consent" should begin once you're old enough to stay out past curfew and earn a living, until then they're juveniles.

[vpintheak]

They are saying these kids have ADD? What a crock! If the girl is already on probation there is a much better reason for her(and his) "activities". It's called no parental guidance, and no but whippings. Why did the mother call the cops on her own daughter? There is obviously no adult around that ever really gave a sh*t about either of these kids.

[Scenic Sounds]

Don Linke, the boy's attorney, argues that children's privacy rights include the right to make "important decisions."

This all sounds so damned libertarian to me. Where, oh where will it stop?

[mtbopfuyn]

Neither is being named because of their ages. Don Linke, the boy's attorney, argues that children's privacy rights include the right to make "important decisions." "One of those types of decisions is whether to engage in sexual relations," says Linke

Neither is being named because of their ages, but they're old enough and have the right to make such important decisions as to play at STDs and death from AIDS, and bringing another human being into the world and having the maturity and means to care for it until maturity? Linke is one of those consciencious and wholesome family lawyers, right?

[spodefly]

The state sanctions adolescent sexual explorations because the state will be there to provide the safety net for stupid adolescent decisions. Who are the parents to interfere?

[Capriole]

This mother has obviously done a great job of raising her kid.

[narses]

Ping.

[StriperSniper]

both freely admitted that their intention was to 'have sex,'

both come from troubled backgrounds and struggle with the same issues, such as attention deficit disorder

They probably would have lost interest and grabed the Playstation. ;-)

[LiteKeeper]

INTREP/SPOTREP

[Fledermaus]

I had lots of teen sex at 16 and 17 with my girlfriend.

But if her dad had of found out my life would have been terminated. But we were pretty sure her mother knew! lol

[MetalHeadConservative35]

they act like this would never happen,

13-16 years olds screwing...nothing new there heard about it all the time in school and still do today,

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

The teens even "challenged" the woman to call police. So she did.

There would have been no police call in my home. There may have been one from a neighbor reporting "shots fired".