Legal Question in Discrimination Law in California

Re: under age dating

It's called statutory rape. He's right.

Re: under age dating

Attorney Lemmons is correct - if you two are having a sexual relationship, then your partner is guilty of statutory rape regardless of whether you consent or even your mother consents. The crime is a "strict liability" type of crime - if you have ever had sexual relations, then he is guilty with no possible defense. Being gay has absolutely no bearing on whether its a crime or not, and in fact if this were to come before a jury he might be in a worse position given societies stereotyping certain groups. I'm very sorry to say that continuing that relationship is a very dangerous thing for him to do.

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