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Originally posted by Nathans_Dad
She's only not a consenting adult in your Judeo-Christian mind...girls get married off a whole lot younger than 15 in many cultures.
You guys are so close-minded...
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Exactly. I just love it how they return to the default setting of old-world values when the act is deemed offensive enough. To them.
15 year olds are given far greater legal latitude than most would ever believe. Ask any parent that has tried to deal effectively with a problem teenager. I have seen it time and again within my circles. Truant kids, sexually active kids, drug abusing kids, kids failing in school, not coming home, etc. The parents have almost no authority to deal with them. These kids are taught this in school; at times it seems as though the only lessons the problems kids learn are these. They know their rights and they know their parents' rights, better than their parents know them. I find it remarkable that anyone can express outrage over this 15 year old's actions, much less the adults involved. These kids are legally "adults" in so many ways that they really are not prepared for, so why get so hung up on sex? Everyone draws the line somewhere; everyone wants to "limit personal freedom" to a level that suits them. Even liberals.