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Sarah Huckabee Sanders appoints man who had sex with a minor to top state post (www.lgbtqnation.com)

submitted 2 years ago by hellfire103@lemmy.ca to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

he had sexual relations as an adult with a 17-year-old girl

The age of consent in Arkansas is 16

The girl’s mother said she suspected that her daughter might have lied about her age to attract male attention, and the mother added that she didn’t want Jones to go to jail over the sexual relationship with her daughter.

[–] i_ben_fine@lemmy.one 6 points 2 years ago

Mothers need to start supporting their daughters. My mom had this attitude too and it made things so much worse.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Lemmy: Your facts make me uncomfortable and I refuse to read the article. Downvote!

[–] littletranspunk@lemmus.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Legality ≠ morality

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And what is immoral about this exactly?

[–] littletranspunk@lemmus.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Let's just say this: Arkansas

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So you don't have an answer then.

[–] littletranspunk@lemmus.org 1 points 2 years ago

No, it's not that I don't have an answer, I just don't have an answer for you, it's not my job to educate you