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However distasteful you may find it, if
the age of consent is 16 in 34 states and sodomy has been decriminalised, it's hard to make an argument and say they are sexual deviants and "their subculture embraces pedophilia" when they bugger 16 year olds.
listed on the sex-offender's registry?
Under Californian law the age of consent maybe 18 but, if an adult is convicted of consensual anal or vaginal intercourse with a minor between the age of 14 and 17, and if the adult is within 10 years of the minor, the judge can decide whether the person should be listed on the sex offender registry.
illegal sodomizing
Through the 20th century, the gradual liberalization of American sexuality led to the elimination of sodomy laws in most states. During this time, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of sodomy laws in Bowers v. Hardwick in 1986. However, in 2003, the Supreme Court reversed the decision with Lawrence v. Texas, invalidating sodomy laws in the remaining 14 states (Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri (statewide), North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Virginia).— Sodomy laws in the United States (Wiki)
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