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Age of consent in Canada
"In addition to derailing Liberal measures to loosen marijuana and prostitution laws, Mr. Harper has introduced tougher crime legislation, bolstered the military with new money and equipment, lowered the national sales tax and plans to raise the age of sexual consent to 16 from 14."
You gotta be joking. You're allowed to pork 14 year olds up there? -Rudey |
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This is exactly why we have issues....in Ontario, you can have sex at 14, but you can't get married until you're 16 (and even then, you need permission from parents/guardians or from the court if guardians can't be found...you have to be 18 to marry without permission)....and considering that these laws are really old.....
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The courts have very "loose" definitions of what constitutes authority - and the courts would almost always decide against said 45 year old (male or female). If past cases are any indication, the courts would decide that a 45 year would hold a "de-facto" position of authority simply because of age, and legal charges of sexual assault or sexual exploitation would be pressed. The ironic part of these laws is how many on the right scream about them corrupting the morals of the youth... when in fact it was the Tories who enacted them under pressure from the more "conservative" Christian sects - along with a law that has since been repealed stating that a 14 year could get married with parental permission or she/he was expecting (and some still do after issuing legal challenges to prove their emotional maturity). I keep having a mental image of the Simpsons-esque screams "won't somebody think of the children" that usually accompy the protests... by protestors who seem to operate under the assumption that 14 years aren't mature enough to think about sex, much less have it. PS> Oh and KSig RC the usual phrase commonly thrown about is "Grass on the field - Play Ball" (or at least it was when I was in Highschool). |
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just because the age of consent is 14 doesn't mean that statautory (sp?) rape doesn't still apply in some of these situations - there are states here in the US with ages of consent that young
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As for the weird religious marriage thing, that only happens with hicks in America, in weird states nobody cares for (ie anything outside of ny and ca), or developing countries. I didn't realize you guys had a national law that allows people to pork 14 year olds. I hear the strip clubs are good too. -Rudey |
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Yep, when I worked in adolescent psych, we tried very hard to talk a 14 year old girl out of going to a state with a marital age of 14. She really wanted to run away and get married. Never found out whether we succeeded or not.
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i had a friend who was 14 when impregnated by a 35 yr old pastor. (and ppl wonder why I hate organized religion! :p)
he was charged with influence of authority or whatever (esp since he and his wife were also housing my friend at the time, as a foster home) but wasn't found guilty of anything. they ended up getting married eventually (her mom kept changing her mind on whether she'd allow it or not) and had more children, but I certainly didn't stay friends with her..haven't seen them in probably 10 years or so. I don't mind that the age is (was?) 14, but think it should be limited by a span...like only allowed within 4 years difference or something like that for those under 18... |
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