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Don't french kiss kids in Virginia
Filed under: Health & Safety: Babies, In The News
I'm not sure what's more disturbing -- that french-kissing a ten-year-old was not a sex crime or that Virginia needed to pass a law to make it so. Whatever the case, legislators there passed a new law that would make it a misdemeanor for an adult to french-kiss a child younger than 13; the adult would have to register as a sex offender as well.Interestingly, the lone dissenting vote came about because the delegate was holding out for making the crime a felony. "I think that type of behavior is so egregious it warrants a felony," said Phillip Hamilton of Newport News. The rest of the lawmakers were content with making the crime a misdemeanor with the registration requirement.
The law came about after prosecutors were unable to charge a 62-year-old man, accused of french-kissing a ten-year-old that his wife was babysitting, with anything more than contributing to the delinquency of a minor. While I'm glad that this law has been passed, I'm sad that it is necessary.
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3-10-2008 @ 1:23PM
Ethel said...So how are they going to prosecute the sloppy baby kisses that involve tongue and you have no control over since they're most unexpected?
But yeah, the 62 year old was on his way to sexually exploiting the child and the law is merely another tool in prosecuting pedophiles.
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3-10-2008 @ 4:06PM
Uly said...Oh god. My older niece went through a phase where she'd cradle our heads, go to kiss - and totally french us to death.
She got every one of us adults once, then each of us decided (individually) to deflect. "Oh, no, honey - kiss my cheek, okay?"
3-10-2008 @ 3:10PM
Judy said...When I was young and my aunt newly remarried, her husband (who she is still married to, and is still just as gross) used to try to french kiss me. I never reported it to anybody until a couple years ago, and my mom was the only one who believed me. @@
It never would have occurred to me that that *wasn't* a crime. Gross.
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