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[Ian Batten]

On 11 Dec 08, at 1600, Roland Perry wrote:

> In article <1229001738.27684.19.camel@nexus.ddraig.com>, Ian Johnson  
> <Ian.Johnson@uwe.ac.uk> writes
>
>>> It reminds me a little of the UAS-ian offence of "statutory rape" -
>>> where the offence is perpetrated as a result of the age of the  
>>> child,
>>> not so much the activity itself.
>>
>> It is illegal to have sex with children, what the offence is called  
>> is
>> immaterial.
>
> Some 15 year old boyfriends of 14 year old girls are often not quite  
> so convinced of the illegality.


And, to show how the world can be a complex place, although Texas  
_does_ have an offence of statutory rape, the example you quote would  
_not_ be statutory rape, although it would be if the boyfriend were  
eighteen (girl fourteen or over, boy not more than three years older,  
parties don't have a relationship which would make marriage illegal,  
boy not a registered sex offender).  The same's true-ish in quite a  
lot of european jurisdictions: the age of consent is flexible based on  
the age of the parties involved.

ian