5 ms·

>I remember seeing one guy who was in the sex offender database because when he was 19, he had sex with a 17 year old. The age of consent in Texas is 17 with a

by parfe 14y ago

>I remember seeing one guy who was in the sex offender database because when he was 19, he had sex with a 17 year old. The age of consent in Texas is 17 with a 3 year Romeo and Juliet exception.

dllthomas 14y ago
The incident could have happened in another jurisdiction.
SoftwareMaven 14y ago
Interesting that Texas, arguably one of the most rigidly Christian states in the country with evidence of moral legislation, is actually reasonable in this regard. Rich makes a lot of assertions about fundamental Christians, but provides little evidence to back them up.
- seanalltogether 14y ago
  It has more to do with old farming lifestyles and young marriages. Colorado and I believe Kansas have the same clauses.
  - wheels 14y ago
    That's false. Statutory rape does not apply to married couples, and minors can get married with parental consent and / or a court order. I'd also call bullshit on this anecdote and most of the ones in this thread: the most common age of consent in the US is 16, not 18 and specifically, in Texas, it's 17, meaning that there are two different ways that this particular story doesn't add up.
    - uxp 14y ago
      The act could have happened months before hand, just after the guy turned 19 and the girl was still 16, or in a jurisdiction that ignores the Romeo and Juliet clause. Or the entire thing could have happened years before when he was 17 and she was 15, with the parents only finding out about it after she turned 16 and the investigation another year later turned up evidence to support that theory. Also, the GP to this thread never stated that the guy would be a convicted statutory rapist for sleeping with his wife, but that he would have been a statutory rapist who's victim is the person who is now his wife. There's plenty of ways this could have worked to the guy's disadvantage. There's really only one way it can be false.
    - greyfade 14y ago
      I could be mistaken, but I believe the Federal rule sets the age at 18 for defining child pornography, and I believe that rule preempts state rules. So even if it's legal to have sex with a 16-year-old in Texas (under State law), it's illegal to produce, possess or distribute pictures of that child (under Federal law).
    - seanalltogether 14y ago
      Sorry I wasn't clear, I didn't mean to say this is used to cover young married couples, I meant to say that because these frontier states have histories of young marriages, that they have liberal laws in regards to age of consent.
sudonim 14y ago
Maybe I misremembered the ages? They were very close because my shock at the time is etched in my brain. Could have been 18 - 16. And I'm guessing this guy was convicted before Romeo & Juliet laws. Looks like Rick Perry also vetoed that law in 2011? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent_reform http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent_reform Wikipedia is a little unclear on the issue.
- deleted 14y ago
  [deleted]

by parfe 14y ago

>I remember seeing one guy who was in the sex offender database because when he was 19, he had sex with a 17 year old. The age of consent in Texas is 17 with a 3 year Romeo and Juliet exception.

dllthomas 14y ago

The incident could have happened in another jurisdiction.

SoftwareMaven 14y ago

Interesting that Texas, arguably one of the most rigidly Christian states in the country with evidence of moral legislation, is actually reasonable in this regard. Rich makes a lot of assertions about fundamental Christians, but provides little evidence to back them up.

seanalltogether 14y ago
It has more to do with old farming lifestyles and young marriages. Colorado and I believe Kansas have the same clauses.
- wheels 14y ago
  That's false. Statutory rape does not apply to married couples, and minors can get married with parental consent and / or a court order. I'd also call bullshit on this anecdote and most of the ones in this thread: the most common age of consent in the US is 16, not 18 and specifically, in Texas, it's 17, meaning that there are two different ways that this particular story doesn't add up.
  - uxp 14y ago
    The act could have happened months before hand, just after the guy turned 19 and the girl was still 16, or in a jurisdiction that ignores the Romeo and Juliet clause. Or the entire thing could have happened years before when he was 17 and she was 15, with the parents only finding out about it after she turned 16 and the investigation another year later turned up evidence to support that theory. Also, the GP to this thread never stated that the guy would be a convicted statutory rapist for sleeping with his wife, but that he would have been a statutory rapist who's victim is the person who is now his wife. There's plenty of ways this could have worked to the guy's disadvantage. There's really only one way it can be false.
  - greyfade 14y ago
    I could be mistaken, but I believe the Federal rule sets the age at 18 for defining child pornography, and I believe that rule preempts state rules. So even if it's legal to have sex with a 16-year-old in Texas (under State law), it's illegal to produce, possess or distribute pictures of that child (under Federal law).
  - seanalltogether 14y ago
    Sorry I wasn't clear, I didn't mean to say this is used to cover young married couples, I meant to say that because these frontier states have histories of young marriages, that they have liberal laws in regards to age of consent.

sudonim 14y ago

Maybe I misremembered the ages? They were very close because my shock at the time is etched in my brain. Could have been 18 - 16. And I'm guessing this guy was convicted before Romeo & Juliet laws. Looks like Rick Perry also vetoed that law in 2011? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent_reform http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent_reform Wikipedia is a little unclear on the issue.

deleted 14y ago
[deleted]