NEWS: Judge Sentences Teen to Celibacy

What country was this in again?!?!

I need a drink.

Breaking the law has never felt so good.

Why is it i only ever see the word 'celibacy' on the SG newswire?

Stealing my poooosssttt.

You're really, really not missing much other than a fellow who's been told he's rather clever being amused at his own cleverness. "Look! A thinly-veiled reference or metaphor! How did that get in my book? Well, it must be because I'm just so clever."

do they honestly think that they're going to stop her???

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!

She'll find a way...they all find a way!

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hahhaah yeah uh me too

THX1138

Isn't 16 the age of consent?

And how can she decide what is part of the "drug culture?" Which one? W's cocaine buddies at Yale or just the ones who don't look "normal?"

Yeah, that's the impression I got. The "witty banter" never seemed quite witty enough, and it's all just a bit too pulpy for my tastes.

You should know, Mr. Law Student, that higher courts have ruled that minors have no rights--on school grounds. Not sure if that could possibly apply to shit that happens within someone's bedroom.

Given the fact that minors have few legal rights in this country, yet we're expected to learn to use them responsibly as soon as we reach 18...it's no fucking wonder most Americans are apathetic dunderheads.

Not to quibble with you... but the higher courts have not ruled that kids have NO rights on school grounds. For example, see Tinker v. Des Moines, where the Courts invalidated a school ordinance prohibiting the wearing of black protest armbands in school on First Amendment grounds. That said, they've certainly upheld drastic limitations of the rights of students to express themselves and be secure in their persons or property.

I forwarded this question to my Family Law professor and she agreed with the analysis above. The state would be able to justify such a sentence on the grounds that protection of minors is a rational basis for such a law. It would depend on how the specific judge decides to balance things. That said, it would STILL likely be held to be unconstitutional based on problems of enforcement. There's no way to enforce the sentence without having governmental intrusion into the bedroom and the Supreme Court has pretty consistently ruled that such an intrusion is Constitutionally impermissible.

Subrosa, yer so smart. I luv it wen you use big werds.