That’s a truly garbage article in relation to the law that was passed. All it does is standardize the application of the existing laws so that homosexual offenses are treated the same as heterosexual offenses.
Before this law, if an 20 year guy has consensual piv sex with his 17 year girlfriend and is charged with a crime, the judge has discretion as to whether the 20 year old must register as a sex offender, taking into account the nature of the relationship and sexual activity. Whereas if a 20 year guy has sex with his 17 year old boyfriend, he was automatically registered as a sex offender regardless of the circumstances and if it was consensual.
It’s still a crime for a 24 year old to have sex with a 14 year old, just like it always has been. But now the judge has discretion around the circumstances as to whether to apply the sex offender status based on the facts and circumstances.
Funny that the people having conniptions now didn’t have any issue when the law allowed the judge to have that discretion for straight people, but NOW it’s a fucking problem when it’s applied to gay people.
Not that I’m looking to open a debate on it or even defending the existing or new laws….I’m really not and this isn’t the appropriate forum. But that headline and article are such trash that I’d rather people not see the headline and jump to a conclusion that is patently untrue.