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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski
I understand that Texas law forbids marriage for people under the age of 16. However, the FLDS plural marriages are not legal marriages recognized by the state. Rather, they are unofficial "spiritual" marriages. As such, do these cases then fall under statutory rape law? I am under the impression that most states define SR as sex between and adult (18+) and a juvenile (younger than 18). As such, it seems that any pregnant girls under 18 would be raising red flags. But this doesn't seem to be the case. What am I missing?
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IIRC, the age of consent in Texas is 16 regardless of the age of the other party. That may or may not be correct. Anyway, statutory rape is a question of minority in terms of "age of consent" in Texas not minority in terms of "voting age."