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Budwick · 70-79, M
State Sen. Scott Wiener [Not Kidding], D-San Francisco, [No relation to Anthony David Weiner is an American former politician and convicted sex offender.] who authored SB 145, says current law discriminates against the LGBTQ community.
“Senate Bill 145 is an anti-discrimination law," Wiener said. "It ends discrimination against LGBTQ people on the sex offender registry,”
Wiener says the bill has been the "subject of a massive misinformation campaign," and social media posts that claim it legalizes pedophillia are not true.
“A 19-year-old has a 17-year-old girlfriend and they have sex, that is statutory rape. But the law right now says that the judge does not have to put that 19-year-old boy on the sex offender registry because of the kind of sex that they were having,” Wiener said. “But if it's a 19-year-old boy having sex with a 17-year-old boyfriend, the judge must put that 19-year-old onto the sex offender registry, even if it was completely consensual, even if they were boyfriends, even if there was nothing coercive or predatory about it.”
So, the whole kerfuffle is that LGBTQ pedophiles can potentially be treated harshly.
This way, the judge can decide whether pedophiles of any sexual persuasion get put onto sex offenders lists.
And, there's certainly no reason to assume that in a state going out of their way to make life comfy for criminals of all sorts, that the judges would be anything but fair, and straightforward in their decisions.
“Senate Bill 145 is an anti-discrimination law," Wiener said. "It ends discrimination against LGBTQ people on the sex offender registry,”
Wiener says the bill has been the "subject of a massive misinformation campaign," and social media posts that claim it legalizes pedophillia are not true.
“A 19-year-old has a 17-year-old girlfriend and they have sex, that is statutory rape. But the law right now says that the judge does not have to put that 19-year-old boy on the sex offender registry because of the kind of sex that they were having,” Wiener said. “But if it's a 19-year-old boy having sex with a 17-year-old boyfriend, the judge must put that 19-year-old onto the sex offender registry, even if it was completely consensual, even if they were boyfriends, even if there was nothing coercive or predatory about it.”
So, the whole kerfuffle is that LGBTQ pedophiles can potentially be treated harshly.
This way, the judge can decide whether pedophiles of any sexual persuasion get put onto sex offenders lists.
And, there's certainly no reason to assume that in a state going out of their way to make life comfy for criminals of all sorts, that the judges would be anything but fair, and straightforward in their decisions.