10-01-2012, 09:01 PM
It's not against the law to love it's against the law for an adult--especially one in a position of authority and thus implied threat if not pleased (even if not intended) and also trusted by parents--to form a relationship with a minor.
For the sake of argument if I were to fall in love with someone 15 I'd wait until she was 18 at the very least before acting on it.
Furthermore, I would never press my feelings upon someone that I'm an authority figure to.
And if I thought it was ok for a 30-year-old to woo a 15-year-old and even get married then I wouldn't press for decriminalization of this, I'd instead press for lowering the age of majority. If kids in general can be trusted to make adult decisions like this then by all means let's make them adults, including in giving them the right to vote (and in all honesty I have known kids who are more informed and would vote more responsibly than plenty of adults). But if they're too young to be trusted with a vote in their own future (or even to drink, smoke, etc) then why should we trust them to make informed decisions in matters of the heart that may very well affect the rest of their lives, let alone to not be played by an adult who has power over them?
For the sake of argument if I were to fall in love with someone 15 I'd wait until she was 18 at the very least before acting on it.
Furthermore, I would never press my feelings upon someone that I'm an authority figure to.
And if I thought it was ok for a 30-year-old to woo a 15-year-old and even get married then I wouldn't press for decriminalization of this, I'd instead press for lowering the age of majority. If kids in general can be trusted to make adult decisions like this then by all means let's make them adults, including in giving them the right to vote (and in all honesty I have known kids who are more informed and would vote more responsibly than plenty of adults). But if they're too young to be trusted with a vote in their own future (or even to drink, smoke, etc) then why should we trust them to make informed decisions in matters of the heart that may very well affect the rest of their lives, let alone to not be played by an adult who has power over them?