catallaxy.net

I should have said something about this earlier:

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Reacting to the case of a high school band teacher accused of having sex with a student, a Kentucky lawmaker has become the latest state legislator to propose changing a law governing the age of consent.

J.R. Gray was disturbed to learn that teachers break no criminal laws by having sex with students, as long as the student is at least 16 years old and a willing participant.

That scenario played out in Gray’s hometown of Benton last month when a band teacher was accused of having an affair with a teenage student. Gray, a Democrat from western Kentucky, says he now plans to file a bill as soon as next week that would make it illegal for a teacher or anyone else in a position of special trust to have consensual sex with someone under 18.

Emphasis mine. Let’s understand this: J.R. Gray wants to create a special age of consent when one party is “in a position of special trust” and the other is under 18. What if the young person is having sex with someone he/she doesn’t trust? That’s OK?

Amy Goodman, with whom I usually have serious disagreements, has a few tasty points chipping away at protectionist Lou Dobbs’ credibility.