Federalist: No California Shouldn’t Decriminalize Adult Sex With 14-Year-Olds
(thefederalist.com)
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14 was the legal age of consent in Canda up untill the religious conservatives changed it to 16.
I think it was a decade or so ago.
That's kind of odd as some in the US blame religious conservatives for low age of consent laws, or used to anyhow.
at this point, i'm willing to concede everything i ever thought i knew about religious conservatives was a lie.
I grew up in a super religious family. Church 2-3 times a week, mostly only allowed christian media for entertainment. Think of them as a people with a definitive idea of what constitutes a moral life. They spent almost no time whatsoever trying to get others to follow their rules or impose it on the wider society, but they were very strict about their own behaviour.
I don't recall my parents or extended family ever politicizing or trying to get the local community to pass laws aligned with their moral philosophy because they were too busy attempting to lead their own lives that way.
The Democrat MO is to blame conservatives for their crimes.
Slavery? The KKK? Republicans are to blame, even though these were both democrat projects. Black incarceration rates? Republicans are to blame, even though democrats have control all of the areas with the the worst incarceration rates.
I'm beginning to like religious conservatives more and more.