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Gay activists might offer the lowering of the age of consent or the war on Section 28.
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Mr. Lawrence Is the hon. Gentleman in favour of reducing the age of consent in homosexual offences to 16?
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Supported reducing the age of consent for homosexual acts to 16.
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The legal age of consent in many states is 16.
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The Police Federation has made it clear that any proposals to reduce the age of consent would be vigorously resisted.
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The psychological age of consent can be much older.
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They proposed raising the age of consent from thirteen to sixteen and extending the provisions of the Industrial Schools Amendment Act.
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Why did you, a fifty-six-year-old professor, seduce a student barely past the age of consent ?