This is from back when they were trying to excuse all the gay sex offenders as just helping young gays discover themselves, because a 22 year old having sex with a 15 year old is somehow just fine when they are both gay. It's been a problem in the gay community forever but they refuse to acknowledge it as such.
Basically. IIRC the arguement was that romeo and juliet laws (where you don't have to register/it's not statutory rape if you are a 19 year old dating a 17 year old) didn't apply to gays because they would be charged with sodomy laws instead which aren't covered by romeo and juliet exclusions. That's why there is a section stating that whether the perpetrator knew the victim beforehand would factor into whether they would still be required to register. Problem with this "fix" is it has a buffer of 10 years, while romeo and juliet laws usually only cover age differences of 2-3 years. It's supposed to be for if you have a high school sweetheart in a different grade, not a college boyfriend who drives you to school until you get your license.
If I understand things correctly, then the age of consent is 18, and this does not change that. This is about registration as as sex offender. Online source claim, but given the complexity of the material I have not been able to verify, that this only applies to victims ages 14 and higher.
Sounds more like sex offenders don't have to REGISTER if they are 10 years older or less than the victim.
So a 20 year old raping a 10 year old won't have to register as a sex offender, I guess.
Thanks for the information there Lurker, it still all seems a bit suspect to me.
Every child under 10 years old is still fully protected though I hope.
And is 14 the age of consent in California? That was my take from it.
This is from back when they were trying to excuse all the gay sex offenders as just helping young gays discover themselves, because a 22 year old having sex with a 15 year old is somehow just fine when they are both gay. It's been a problem in the gay community forever but they refuse to acknowledge it as such.
Thanks, so it is trying to circumvent consent laws then.
Basically. IIRC the arguement was that romeo and juliet laws (where you don't have to register/it's not statutory rape if you are a 19 year old dating a 17 year old) didn't apply to gays because they would be charged with sodomy laws instead which aren't covered by romeo and juliet exclusions. That's why there is a section stating that whether the perpetrator knew the victim beforehand would factor into whether they would still be required to register. Problem with this "fix" is it has a buffer of 10 years, while romeo and juliet laws usually only cover age differences of 2-3 years. It's supposed to be for if you have a high school sweetheart in a different grade, not a college boyfriend who drives you to school until you get your license.
Well, no. An 18 year old raping an 8 year old wouldn't have to register either.
Age of consent doesn't appear anywhere in the text as far as I can tell.
Thanks plain wrong. How did this get through?
It is California.
If I understand things correctly, then the age of consent is 18, and this does not change that. This is about registration as as sex offender. Online source claim, but given the complexity of the material I have not been able to verify, that this only applies to victims ages 14 and higher.