CommenTerry, February 14th, 2007
I find it quite interesting that while America is in the midst of a moral decline, it is clamping down on non-violent sex offenders and men who use the services of prostitutes. At a time when adultery, cohabitation by unwed partners, and out of wedlock births are running rampant, some people are being branded with a modern-day scarlet letter and having their names and faces shamefully posted all over the newspapers and the Internet. That seems like a hypocritical dichotomy to me.
We have now decided that that there is nothing immoral, abnormal, or sinful about homosexual behavior. In fact, we do back flips to make sure we never seem the least bit "homophobic" or do anything to offend the homosexual community. Yet at the same time it seems that we want to take adults who have consensual sexual trysts with teenagers and throw them into the same category with child molesters or even child killers.
Our culture tells teenagers that sexual activity at their age is natural and normal. Their sex education classes present them with an amoral view of sexuality and teach them that there is absolutely nothing wrong with premarital sex. We even hand out condoms to them in the schools. Yet when two teenagers engage in sexual activity, we feign outrage when one is 18 or 19 and the other is a bit younger, demanding that the older teen be labeled a sex offender.
As a result of all this hypocrisy, I can't help but think that many of those who appear of today's sex offender lists are morally superior to many of those who are not listed!
