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Family's sex rules permit statutory rape

Posted by Alan on August 27, 2003 at 05:51:36

Have you folks examined the "Fundamental Family Rules" at the family's web page recently? I just did, and let me tell you, it's concrete evidence of the immoral and illegal activities of this cult.
You can find the text I am going to quote from at:
http://www.thefamily.org/about/charter.php?id=9

For starters, here's what the family has to say about minors having sex:
"For Senior teens (16 and 17), sexual activity is permitted only with consenting partners ages 16 through 20.

It is our belief that our Senior teens will have the maturity to lovingly engage in sexual activity with other consenting Senior teens and YAs and that
in doing so they will operate in accordance with the Law of Love."

There you have it folks! As of this date (8/27/2003, the above family rule condones sex between someone as young as 16 with someone as old as 20. In most civilized countries, the legal age of conscent is 18. That means if a 20 year-old has sex with a 16-year old, he or she can be charged with statutory rape! The law doesn't care if it was mutually consensual, it is still illegal.
Aside from the illegality of many of the family's rules regarding sex, their rules are often convoluted, illogical, and contradictory. The following quotation will demonstrate what I mean:
"Engaging in sexual contact with those under the age of 21. The only exceptions being
Those who are 18, 19 and 20 years old are allowed to engage in sexual activity with DO members up to 7 years older than themselves, as well as those within
this age bracket. Thus, an 18-year-old may, if they wish, have sex with those from the ages of 18 through 25 inclusive, a 19-year-old may have sex with those who are 18 through 26 inclusive, and a 20-year-old may have sex with those who are 18 through 27 inclusive.
Those who are 21 through 25 may have sex with anyone who is 18 or older, as long as it is with mutual consent.
Those who are 26 may have sex with anyone 19 or older, as long as it is with mutual consent.
Those who are 27 may have sex with anyone 20 or older, as long as it is with mutual consent.
Those out of the age range of points 1-4, who are engaged to marry someone between the age of 18 and 20, after three months of engagement, in accordance with the Marriage Rules (pg.154).
No sexual activity, which includes deep kissing, is permitted by those age 28 or older with those under the age of 21."

Huh? Who wrote these convoluted regulations, an IRS agent or a schizophrenic? In one sentence they forbid sex between adults and minors, and then they follow it with exceptions that render the prior rule meaningless. Even more illogical, they forbid sex or even deep kissing between a person under the age of 21 with a person over the age of 28. Now why would they forbid an 18 year-old and a 28 year-old to have sex, when both are legally adults? They allow an 18 year-old to have sex with a 27 year-old, but wait...doesn't that violate the rule about only having sex with someone no older than 7 years your age?

I guess all this makes perfect sense in the twisted mind of Karen Zerbe, the buck-tooth witch. I pointed out all of these inconsistencies in an e-mail message to the family. That was months ago, and I'm still waiting for an answer.