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Death penalty on the table for first time child sex crime offenders - Oklahoma (www.newson6.com)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I imagine there will be companion laws that make “existing as a trans or gay person around a child” sexual abuse.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There will be exceptions for clergy, because they're not interested in actual pedophiles, just scapegoats.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Child rape is fine as long as it’s within the confines of marriage.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

In Oklahoma, it’s legal to marry at age 16 with permission from a parent, but minors who are even younger can wed with a court order from a judge in cases of pregnancy or to settle a paternity lawsuit.

Oh, great.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Also keep in mind that it is impossible for minors to file for divorce - only adults can. So you can get coerced into marriage, and trapped.

I come from a long line of teenage mothers. It absolutely destroyed the mental health of all the women of my family. But when these people think of groomers and pedophiles, they don’t think of my mother, pregnant at fifteen by a guy twice her age - they think of a gay elementary teacher who mentions their husband in passing.