Why is it illegal to be happy?

[TaraJo]

...And at 15 who pays for the consenquences of this sex? What happens when the 15 year old get herpies or aids.. Or just has a baby? Your basing a judgement on the mental capasity of a 15year old, and ignoring everything else. a 15 yearold who has a kid is not going to be able to support that kid. That means your kid will be making desisions that will be effecting the whole household. How insane is that? Would you allow a 15 yearold who has maybe a min wage job to buy a 30,000 dollar car and put it in your name? Then why let them spend 30k on all the baby stuff that will be needed?

People Shouldn't have sex until they can completely deal with all of the possiable responsiables of intercourse. (Married)

Well, yes, I think the age of consent laws need to take multiple factors into consideration and one of those should include ability to take care of a child both emotionally and financially. In short, I think that instead of being tied down by mandatory sentencing laws and strict age laws, judges should have more freedom to determine if someone was actually raped or not. I've seen way too many grey areas where people get in trouble. I've met a 15 year old guy who was charged with rape because his girlfriend was 13. I've heard stories of guys being charged with statutory rape because her parents found out they were having sex in a window period between when he turned 18 and when she did. Yes, there are girls out there who will walk up to a guy in a bar, claim to be 21 (or else they couldn't be in a bar in the first place) and they're really only 17 or so.

Asking someone to wait until they're married for sex is a bit naive if you ask me, not to mention it would result in a lot more divorces, if it worked. Study after study, though, has shown that even when people claim they're going to wait for marriage, they don't. Besides which, it's kinda difficult for some people to get married thanks to laws like DOMA.