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LGBT Civil Rights and Activism

defacto7

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2. This may be nitpicking but

Reply to Bennyboy (Reply #1)

Sat May 18, 2013, 10:03 PM

May 2013

the article says they started dating at 15 and 17 respectively. Just after her 18th birthday they had her arrested. It doesn't say they were together when she was 18. I would suspect so, but it gives the impression that it was the birthday the parents were waiting for. I would think there would be some legal reason to fight instead of taking a plea. Just waiting for the birthday without some reasonable warning of intent may be an offense in itself. But I'm no lawyer.

In the big picture, the whole thing is idiotic.

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