Letourneau swarmed at 'Hot for Teacher' night

I'm not trying to ruffle any feathers here Adrian, but what exactly do you wonder about our rape laws? I think it is totally reasonable to prosecute an adult that has sex with a minor. Just because the "victim" in this case was complicit, doesn't make it less of a crime.

I can't imagine a person would marry their rapist if they felt that the "rape" was a bad thing. Anything can be deemed a crime, its the rationale behind calling something a crime that matters.

While I agree with you in principle, especially in this case, I don't see a place to change the law and create a loophole for sex offenders. If a 45 year old man was having relations with your 13 year old daughter, but she said that the relationship was consensual, is the "rape" still a "bad thing"? Is there rational behind calling that a crime?

The problem is that a 20-something that has relations with a 15 year old is a sex offender as is the 40 something guy who molests a 6 year old. And both are "rape." IMO you need one law that says rape is rape, and another that says having sex with a minor is bad, yet they have nowhere near the same punishment associated with them.

I don't think its necessarily an issue of creating a loop hole. I think this idea that everything under 18 is rape needs to be ignored when a judgement is being carried out; not that the law needs to be changed. Choice and understanding is a component in these things.

Hey Kellie39, not to start something but obviously you don't have any kids, especially a boy. I think this woman is touched in the head for having sex with a 15 year old. When I was 40 I certainly did not find them attractive. Cute maybe but have sex with them???? Sure in this case they lived happily ever after, but I tell you this. If ANY ONE had molested my son, namely a teacher, she would not live to teach another day.

Kellie39

You're what's wrong with society... You are one sicko... You must not have any young kids or you wouldn't want some Harold and Maude situation to come into your house....

Especially when this kid has obviously been affected by his rape and situation in life, he has been nothing but a deadbeat, a drunk, a drug user, arrested a couple times, could not hold a job, even at a fast food joint, he has nothing to offer the world other than his "story" about being raped...now, how sad is that? Gee, this adult woman, who you feel is OK to rape an 11 year old boy, has ruined his life forever.

Don't tell me there is no consequences when it is an older woman, young boy situation!

Jerry-271808

The scenario you described is totally different. The 85 year old was not a willing participant. The 13 year old boy raped her, which infers against her will. No she's not dead and she has the right to chose who she wants to have sex with.

How can you categorize the 2 separate incidents as the same thing... It seems that more and more teachers are having sexual meetings with their students and Mary Kay, also married at that time to another, had sex with her 13 yr old student over and over and you consider that the same as a 13 yr old raping a 85 yr old woman...Mary Kay deserved to go to prison and then the media glorifies her with this so called "Hot Teacher Night", what is next, maybe we can declare raping children a national holiday because it is portrayed as a party by the media.. Anything to sell papers, right...I sincerely hope, that the 13 yr old that raped that elderly lady gets his butt kicked all over the city that it occurred...he deserves it and more...In the time I was growing up, there was no thoughts of either incident happening because we were all raised to know better...

If it had been an adult male and a 11-12 year old girl, the man would NOT be having a big party in a downtown bar, that is for sure, and the public would have gone nuts when he married the girl later in life, especially if his rapes had created 2 children with her.

And, those who suggest the news media is partly to blame, I agree as I have seen some pretty prominent attnys on TV as "talking heads" saying how wonderful it was they were getting married blah blah blah ... yes, a certain segment of society is sick...you can tell that by the ratings of a lot of reality TV!