... in response to Re: Re: Age of Consent & Prosecution, posted by NightRaven on Jan 3, 2004[This message has been edited by DallasSteve2]
I'm getting closer to the gray area of getting banned. My purpose in posting this is to educate and protect men who may travel abroad to look for a wife.
The same website AgeOfConsent.com has a link on their home page [ Special note to US citizens travelling abroad ]. It reads in part (referring to the Federal law this thread is discussing):
Nothing in this law, I repeat, NOTHING keeps you from having consensual sex with someone under 18, as long as it's not against the local laws, under the age of consent where you are, and you're not paying the person (or being paid yourself) if the person is under the age of 16. I want to be clear on this, if you are in a country where the age of consent is 14, then you can have consensual sex with that person, you just can't pay to have sex with a 14 year old while you're there.
Steve