04-23-2008, 05:09 PM | #1 |
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I understand that Texas law forbids marriage for people under the age of 16. However, the FLDS plural marriages are not legal marriages recognized by the state. Rather, they are unofficial "spiritual" marriages. As such, do these cases then fall under statutory rape law? I am under the impression that most states define SR as sex between and adult (18+) and a juvenile (younger than 18). As such, it seems that any pregnant girls under 18 would be raising red flags. But this doesn't seem to be the case. What am I missing?
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16 seems appropriate to me. Lots of 16 year old girls fended off my clumsy advances in my teens, I don't see why they can't be expected to fend off the advances of someone older.
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The age of consent is 17. From Wikipedia
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Thanks for the info.
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