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The Vermont Legislature is considering a bill that would legalize sexting between teenagers 13 - 18 years of age. Publishing or passing the material on to anyone else would remain a crime. The Legislature claims they don't condone the activity but don't want teenagers labeled as sex offenders.
I don't advocate labeling kids who do this as sex offenders but is this really the best solution Vermont can come up with? I don't want or expect the Legislature to parent the children of Vermont, especially after this announcement. But if this change in law comes to pass, they are telling any 18 year old boy/man who is so inclined, if he can get some 13 year old girl to send him home-made porn, it's OK with Vermont. Are there any adults in that legislative body?
Perhaps this shouldn't come as a surprise. Retired judge Edward Cashman is enjoying a cozy retirement at Vermont tax payers expense. This is the Vermont judge who sentenced Mark Hulett to 60 days in jail for sexually assaulting a girl repeatedly over a 4 year period. She was 6 years old when he began assaulting her. After a huge outcry, he raised the sentence to 3 years. Mark Hulett will spend less years in prison than the number of years he carried on the sexual attack of the child.
This latest travesty shouldn't come as a surprise at all.