Oddly enough, Texas passed reform to keep sexting teens from getting prosecuted when: they are both under 18 and less than two years difference in age. It was regarded as a model for other states. It's the only positive thing I have heard of Texas legislating wrt sexuality.

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quantified 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Lawmakers have teenagers in their own families, apparently. Not just someone else's problem.

	▲	M95D 26 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		My bet is that lawmakers have oppressed teens. They won't dare create a problem.

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thaumasiotes 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> It was regarded as a model for other states.

Really? That "model" has the common, but obviously extremely undesirable, feature of criminalizing sexual relationships between students in the same grade that were legal when they formed. How could it be regarded as a model for anyone else?

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samrus 6 hours ago | parent [-]

You might have misread it. Texas' model is decriminalizing teens sexting, not criminalizing it

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darkwater an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I think they refer to the fact that, exposed as GP did, looks like there is a loophole if 2 teenagers started their relationship at 17 and 15, and once they become 18 and 16, sexting is suddenly illegal.

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thaumasiotes 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I didn't misread it, but apparently you did.

Why is criminalizing an existing legal relationship a good idea?

	▲	croon an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Huge IANAL disclaimer, but I don't think it is. It is decriminalizing some of the edge cases where reasonable, and missing the one you mention. That one isn't criminal where it wasn't previously, just unchanged, AFAICT.