Add pedophilia:
BEYOND SICK: CALIFORNIA BILL MAKES CHILD RAPE LEGAL
Whereas the current law makes child rape legal as long as you are a heterosexual. This bill is seeking to change an imbalance in how the law is applied as the way it is applied now the judge's flexibility in requiring the sex registry is not being applied equally.
So here is the relevant information from the linked article. What the sponsor says about it:
Wiener says, “Currently, for consensual yet illegal sexual relations between a teenager age 15 and over and a partner within 10 years of age, ‘sexual intercourse’ (i.e., vaginal intercourse) does not require the offender to go onto the sex offender registry; rather, the judge decides based on the facts of the case whether sex offender registration is warranted or unwarranted. By contrast, for other forms of intercourse — specifically, oral and anal intercourse — sex offender registration is mandated under all situations, with no judicial discretion.”
So the intent of the bill seems to be to allow judges to decide the issue based on the facts of the case rather than by an automatic process in all cases not just the ones were vaginal intercourse was involved. This seems like an entirely fair and sound way to deal with the issue.
And some of the objections raised:
SB 145 would allow a sex offender who lures a minor with the intent to commit a felony (i.e. a sex act) the ability to escape registering as a sex offender as long as the offender is within 10 years of age of the minor. No specification is made as to whether the sexual offender is straight or LGBT.
Technically yes but that exists now in the case of vaginal sex. Again the point is to change the law so all cases are handled the same.
SB 145 would add a section to the state’s penal code (Section 290.55) stipulating that as long as the offender is “not more than 10 years older than the minor,” they are not automatically mandated to register as a sex offender. There is no age limit or range specified, except for existing law which already excludes lewd acts with children under 14.
This is a little bit misleading here as if there no minor there is no case. And again it simply gives the judges discretion to apply the registry or not base on the facts of the case. It is not a get out jail free card.
SB 145 appears to allow adults to victimize minors by luring them with the intent to have sex, and then shields the predator from being automatically registered as a sex offender, as in the case of a 25 year old luring a 15 year old for sex, or a 22 year old luring a 12 year old.
Again misleading, it doesn't shield them from the registry, it lets the judge decide based on the actual facts if they need to be in the registry.
