06/09/2020
Senator Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s running mate, endorsed a California lawmaker who was behind California’s recently passed SB145. Critics have dubbed SB145 the “pro-pedophile” bill for its relaxed automatic s*x-offender registration guidelines. These exempt some convicted pedophiles of “certain offenses” from mandatory s*x-offender registration “if the person is not more than 10 years older than the minor” when the minor is between the ages of 14 and 17, leaving the decision to the presiding judge.
Contrary to some claims, SB145 does not legalize pe******ia in California, but the bill, which has passed the California legislature and could be signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, could let a “woke” judge keep a 24-year-old who had s*x with a 14-year-old from being required to register as a s*x offender.
SB145 was first introduced in January 2019 by California state Senator Scott Wiener, a gay Democrat representing San Francisco. Wiener argued that SB145 “eliminates discrimination against LGBTQ youth in our criminal justice system” because judges already have this discretion when it comes to consensual vaginal s*x between 14-17 year olds and adults less than ten years older than them. Critics argue that the bill should not have provided the same exemption for other s*x acts, but rather removed all exemptions for automatic s*x-offender registration to achieve equity.
“I don’t care who it is between or what s*x act it is,” Democrat Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez explained. “That being said, I cannot in my mind as a mother understand how s*x between a 24-year-old and a 14-year-old could ever be consensual.”
Most of us, I believe, would agree with Gonzalez, but Wiener, does not. Kamala Harris endorsed him last month.
State Senator Wiener proudly showed off Kamala’s endorsement of his candidacy days after her selection as Joe Biden’s running mate. “I’ve known & worked with the next Vice President of the United States for nearly 20 years,” he tweeted. “Kamala Harris also knows me & my work. I’m honored to have Kamala’s endorsement of my reelection to the Senate.”
