Legally, there's nothing wrong with it. The attempt to raise the age to 16 was quashed by Senate. Even if it wasn't, this would still be legal.
Morally, is there really a big difference between 16 and 22 nowadays? Is that difference bigger than 18 and 24, or 21 and 27, or even 34 and 40? Tough to say, everyone matures at different paces. There's some 34 year olds who think they are still 18 year old bar stars (I know a couple), and less mature than their 21 year old counterpart. I wouldn't do it, but I know of a lot of people in their late teens/early 20s dating people with a 3, 4, 5, even 6 year gap. Its a little weird, but its two consenting adults (under the law), so who's to judge? Best thing to do is to teach people's daughters to be discerning and patient, and to teach people's sons to be the same.
Last edited by Thunderball; 09-29-2007 at 11:34 AM.
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