Bill would make teen 'sexting' Texas misdemeanor

[Joanne98]

Source: AP

AUSTIN, Texas — Teens younger than age 18 could face a misdemeanor charge, not a felony, for "sexting" under a bill filed in the Texas Legislature.

Sexting is cell phones are used, typically by teenagers, to send each other sexually explicit messages or images.

The measure by state Sen. Kirk Watson of Austin was endorsed Monday by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott.

The bill would reclassify a sexting offense as a Class C misdemeanor for underage first-time violators.



Read more: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/7417832.html

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Don't Republicans ever think about anything but sex?

[WatsonT]

1. I always thought that carried it's own punishment

namely that if you send a naked picture to a teenager there is roughly a 99% chance that they will at some point forward it to someone else and after that there is a 100% chance that it will be sent to just about everyone else at school.

[onehandle]

2. Government interference in family matters...

...is ok only when Republicans do it.

[Botany]

3. Meet Sen. Kirk Watson he is a democrat too

Teens will stop sending flirty emails because of this bill? :rofl:

[MineralMan]

4. Texas - Putting Teen Sex Where It Belongs - in The Back Seat.

Unworkable, unenforceable, and impractical.

[CreekDog]

5. sending pictures of shoes is annoying but not criminal

oops, i thought this was about "shexting". :hide:

[TexasProgresive]

6. OP left out the reason for this law

Current Texas law says anyone who transmits an explicit image of a teen can face felony charges of possessing or trafficking child pornography.

The intent is to prevent a minor from having a felony record.

[OrangeGrapes]

7. That's what they say...

and they also say their reason to ban so-called 'high-capacity magazines' is for safety, even though we all know a criminal is somehow going to have a 'high-capacity magazine', no matter what the law is.

[ManiacJoe]

8. Nice to see that somebody understands it.

[WatsonT]

9. Excuse me,

how dare you interrupt a "durr . . texans am stupid huh huh" thread with facts?