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Originally Posted by BigRichard
If that kid is 18 and she gets a mandatory 2 years for that shit someone needs their ass kicked(preferably the guy who wrote up the law). Have these types of laws been challenged yet? I would think they could be challenged on the same basis of any laws against homosexuality. It is two consenting adults for ****s sake. I don't give a shit if she is a teacher or not.
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Even in states where the age of consent is 16 there are usually exceptions when the the other person is in a position of authority, i.e. teacher.
This is a ruling from the Washington State Supreme Court -
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The age of consent in Washington is 16, but a statute outlaws a few specific sexual relationships, including between a teacher and a “minor” student who is “at least sixteen years old.” In an appeal, Hirschfelder argued that the statute was meant to criminalize sexual misconduct between teachers and students who are aged 16 and 17 (i.e. over the age of consent but under the age of 18). This week, however, the State Supreme Court ruled that legislators had originally intended to outlaw teachers having sex with students under 21 (the age cap for high school enrollment).
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Here's another one from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court -
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A high school student who is assigned to a teacher’s class does not have the capacity to welcome that teacher’s physical sexual conduct. Under these circumstances, the teacher’s conduct is deemed unwelcomed. Unwelcome sexual conduct constitutes a sexually hostile educational environment, a form of sexual harassment. And sexual harassment constitutes discrimination on the basis of sex.
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So for now you'll have to keep your relationships with your students on the D/L.