The Law

One of my facebook friends posted something the other day that caught my attention. A 17 year old African American male was dating a 15 year old Caucasian girl. The two engaged in sexual activity, which her parents did not approve of. They pressed charges against this young man, and now he is a registered sex offender. That story brought me back to another story I heard, a 19 year old boy was dating a 15 year old girl with the mother’s approval. The mother even allowed him to live with her and her daughter. One day the mother and the young man had a dispute, so she went to the police and reported him, not for the dispute but for the relationship he was having with her daughter. He too is a registered sex offender. Now years later he is married to and has children with the same women he was accused of statutory rape. This brings me to the question: When you hear the words “sex offender” what do you think? I know I think of child molesters and rapist. It’s seems unfair for someone to have to live a life titled “sex offender” if they have not committed any sex crime. It’s time for that law to be looked at and amended in my opinion. What do you think?