California democrat pushes bill to decriminalize gay sex with minors

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed legislation that gives judges greater discretion regarding the adding of young adults and teens to the sex offender registry who had consensual sex with minors ages 14 to Sincejudges have had the discretion to determine whether an adult would be registered as a sex offender for having vaginal intercourse with a minor not younger than However, judges were not given discretionary practice in cases of anal or oral intercourse.

Under the old standard, adults who have anal or oral sex with minors not younger than 14 would automatically have to register as sex offenders. Under the new standardindividuals who are no more than 10 years older than a minor, with the minor not being younger than 14, would not automatically be added to the registry, though they would still be guilty of a crime.

LGBT advocates argued that the old policy discriminated against homosexual men. Now, on a case-by-case basis, the change allows judges to apply the same discretion when it involves voluntary oral or anal sex, according to ABC7-Los Angeles. The bill does not legalize pedophilia in California, despite many allegations to the contrary.

The bill does not reduce the penalty for vaginal intercourse with a minor that the old standard had in place nor does the bill apply to minors under the age of 14 or when either party says the sex was not consensual. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, said of the bill, which he sponsored, in a statement upon its signing.

Wiener messaged the push for the bill in terms of treating gay youth equally under the law and framed opponents of the measure, particularly those who stressed that adopting it amounted to legitimizing pedophilia, as furthering "QAnon lies. Although the bill passed easily through the legislature — both houses are controlled by Democrats — it was not universally supported.

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Critics say the revised standard is unacceptable and that it is always necessary to safeguard minors. San Diego's mayor, Kevin Faulconer, a Republican, blasted the move and urged for a change in the law. Law must be changed. An adult who commits ANY sex act on a minor 10 years younger must be registered a sex offender.

Likewise, Republican state Senator Shannon Grove said she was "appalled. I am appalled and disappointed that the governor signed SB into law. I do not think it is ever appropriate for a 24 year-old to have any sexual relations with a year old regardless of gender or sexual orientation.

The new law notably changes little compared to the long-standing law that has given judges this discretion for vaginal sex with minors since The California Supreme Court upheld in the disparity in requirements for those convicted of vaginal sex and oral and anal sex, arguing that since vaginal intercourse may yield a pregnancy, requiring a sex offender registration for vaginal intercourse might make it more difficult to support his child.

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