Thread: Canadian Liberal Party Wants Anal Sex For 14-year olds
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Old 11-24-2006, 06:44 PM   #4 (permalink)
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It's too young for any sex to be legal for a 14-year old with adults. That's crazy. If they make it legal for 12-year olds to have sex, would that be okay with you also? 11-year olds, 10-year olds, 9, 8? Where would YOU draw the line?
I don't think you get the point.
Kat isn't really commenting on WHERE the line is, or should be drawn.

It's about the CONSISTENCY of the line. How the SAME line is applied to both the gays and the straights.

It's kind of like Texas's law against gay sodomy. One of the major questions in Lawrence v Texas is WHY does Texas make it legal for straight sodomy, but illegal for gay sodomy.

In this case, the question is WHY is it illegal for 14-year olds and sodomy, while legal for 14-year olds and straight sex.

An obvious counter, along the lines of your comment, would be to raise the age of consent for straight sex to match the age of consent for sodomy. (Or possibly raise both even higher to a different same age...)
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