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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
Ok, as a possible NDP voter, explain to me why the NDP voted against the increase in age from 14 years to 16 as the age of consent and will the NDP change the age back to 14 if they are voted into power?
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So, the NDP did not vote for the current legislation that passed through the Senate earlier this year? We're discussing in the American election thread about people who maliciously spread lies they know to be false.
If you are referring to the 2006-2007 legislation that failed, it just raised the age of consent to 16, with no provisions for 15 year olds having sex with other 15 year olds.
If you are referring to certain NDP supporters that were against the 2007-2008 legislation, most of that was people that were upset that there was no change to the age of consent for anal sex which remains 18. Therefore a 16 year old girl can have sex with a 30 year old guy, but a 17 year old gay man can't have sex with anyone, including another 17 year old. Personally, I think Layton should have stuck to his guns and fought for the rights of gay men harder. Though I gather that you disagree?