patrick.net

I read this title as only the "right-wing" having the deceny to stand up against child exploitation, but I'm pretty sure the author was trying to frame this very differently.

I'm so old I remember when pedophilia was a crime.

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" A gay California state senator is being subjected to homophobic and anti-Semitic slurs and even death threats over his bill to reform the state’s sex offender law to treat gay and straight sex equally.

Democratic Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco sponsored Senate Bill 145, which would give judges discretion over whether a young adult has to register as a sex offender after being convicted of having oral or anal sex with someone between the ages of 14 and 17, as long as the adult is within 10 years of the minor’s age and the sex was consensual.

As it is now, the adult is automatically required to register as a sex offender for oral and anal sex, but not for vaginal sex. Any kind of sex with a minor would remain illegal under Wiener's bill. "

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