[ddgarofalo]

So what if the guy is 18 and the girl is 15??

[ScottGem]

Its not a good idea to piggy back your question on someone else's, So your question has been moved to its own thread.

But I have to wonder whether you bothered to read the answer in the other thread. The age of consent in most areas is 16.

[Fr_Chuck]

Dating, or sex, sex would be a crime,
For dating the parents of the 15 year old would have to be OK with it.

[rbilow]

It all depends where you are. In Canada we have the "Close in age laws". Our age of consent is 16, but teenagers who are 14 or 15 may have sex with a partner who is less than five years older, and children aged 12 and 13 may have sex with a partner who is less than two years older.
In the U.S they are called the "Romeo and Juliet" Laws. They differ from state to state and not all states have them. In California, if two minors have sex with each other they would both be guilty of engaging in unlawful sex with the other person(misdemeanor instead of felony).

[redhed35]

It all depends where you are. In Canada we have the "Close in age laws". Our age of consent is 16, but teenagers who are 14 or 15 may have sex with a partner who is less than five years older, and children aged 12 and 13 may have sex with a partner who is less than two years older.
In the U.S they are called the "Romeo and Juliet" Laws. They differ from state to state and not all states have them. In California, if two minors have sex with each other they would both be guilty of engaging in unlawful sex with the other person(misdemeanor instead of felony).

Could you post your source of this law your referring too,I would really like to read it!

[ScottGem]

It all depends where you are. In Canada we have the "Close in age laws". Our age of consent is 16, but teenagers who are 14 or 15 may have sex with a partner who is less than five years older, and children aged 12 and 13 may have sex with a partner who is less than two years older.

Your interpretation of Canadian law is incorrect. Canadian law does indeed have an age of consent of 16. But nowhere in the law does it say that children of 12 through 15 "may" have sex with a near age partner. The law simplifies specifies that it is a defense against a charge under the law if the partner is near in age. To think the Canadian government would approve or allow sex between children is ludicrous. And to even hint so is irresponsible.

[rbilow]

Bill C-22, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (age of protection) and to make consequential amendments to the Criminal Records Act, was given first reading in the House of Commons on 22 June 2006 and was passed by the House on 4 May 2007. The bill amends the Criminal Code(1) to raise the age, from 14 to 16 years, at which a person can consent to non-exploitative sexual activity. The existing age of consent of 18 years for exploitative sexual activity will be maintained. This applies to sexual activity involving prostitution, pornography, or where there is a relationship of trust, authority, dependency or any other situation that is otherwise exploitative of a young person.
Bill C-22 creates an exception with respect to an accused who engages in sexual activity with a 14- or 15-year-old youth and who is less than five years older than the youth. It also creates an exception for transitional purposes for an accused who is married to a youth, or who is the common-law partner of a youth and is expecting a child with the youth and the sexual activity was not otherwise prohibited before the day the Act comes into force. As amended by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, the bill now makes the transitional marriage exemption permanent. This means that someone who is more than five years older than a 14- or 15-year-old may marry that young person where such a marriage is permitted under provincial or territorial solemnization of marriage laws. The exemption for certain common-law relationships, however, will remain transitional and not be made permanent. The bill maintains an existing “close in age” exception that exists for 12- or 13-year-olds who engage in sexual activity with a peer who is less than two years older, provided the relationship is not exploitative.

[ScottGem]

Bill C-22, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (age of protection).

First, that is not the actual code, that is someone's synopsis of the code. And that synopsis doesn't state that under age children "may" have sex, only that there are exceptions to being prosecuted under this law.