tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post5354431026671012648..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Texas rebuffs federal sex offender registry lawGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-2160591322335963092013-01-14T11:58:57.585-06:002013-01-14T11:58:57.585-06:00the Constitution says there will be no cruel and u...the Constitution says there will be no cruel and unusual punishment secondly it says that the law enforcement can't do anything to you without due process of the law and the Adam Walsh law violates these constitutional rights<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-41766712152916520802012-10-13T22:18:13.417-05:002012-10-13T22:18:13.417-05:00???? *Last I heard being a minor meant you could c...???? *Last I heard being a minor meant you could consent to nothing without the parents consent??* Thats funny because Minors can go to their local family planning clinic and get free condoms and the morning after pill and don't need a parent there to consent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-30518419556844759492012-10-08T19:00:33.140-05:002012-10-08T19:00:33.140-05:00Awsome article. Yeah. Go Grits and Texas with ...Awsome article. Yeah. Go Grits and Texas with ur bad selvesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-83004811603935051532012-10-08T16:18:41.057-05:002012-10-08T16:18:41.057-05:00To Unknown 11:34:00, you are yet another of those ...To Unknown 11:34:00, you are yet another of those fools that want to crucify anyone that has a sex offender label. Do you really think that a 17 year old should go to prison and be on a registry because his girlfriend was 16 and they had consentual sex? If so then you are in the wrong era...you belong with the Nazis that hunted down the Jews. Also, did you know that it has been determined that up for 70% of high school kids have participated in sexting, which by law is possession and distribution of child pornography? I am sure you would want the tens of millions of American high school kids also on the registry? What a crock.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-85664152886748627282012-10-08T12:24:36.422-05:002012-10-08T12:24:36.422-05:00The sex-offender registry serves only one real pur...The sex-offender registry serves only one real purpose. Reporters use it to inflame and incite the mob against those on the registry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-31025941039251338962012-10-08T11:34:56.053-05:002012-10-08T11:34:56.053-05:00This is absolutely outrageous. I would like to see...This is absolutely outrageous. I would like to see Senator Witmire defint what "Consensual Sex with a Minor" actually entails. The last time I checked, being a minor meant you are unable to consent to anything without your parents.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04552196860287898377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-22205088120215956492012-10-08T09:49:50.394-05:002012-10-08T09:49:50.394-05:00Right decision by the Texas legislature, not neces...Right decision by the Texas legislature, not necessarily for the right reasons. But to have implemented the federal act would have been a "crime" against juveniles with sexual offenses, not to mention the absence of any rational basis for the adult side of the act.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-45060826430331632732012-10-07T14:25:37.388-05:002012-10-07T14:25:37.388-05:00Kudoes to the Texas Legislature for refusing to im...Kudoes to the Texas Legislature for refusing to implement the Adam Walsh Act. Now, if we can just get them to do away with the Sex Offender Registry completely . . . It is ineffective, counterproductive, and expensive. <br />I agree that public ignorance about this issue owes a lot to lazy journalists and those who who panic-monger the issue to inflate ratings. But let's not forget even-handed writers (Jordan Smith, Anita Hassan, Diane Jennings, Emily Ramshaw) who are willing to wade into the story and sort things out clearly. The others are too scared to touch the issue at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-33069141511314894732012-10-07T10:48:43.026-05:002012-10-07T10:48:43.026-05:00The really dangerous sex offenders are on this reg...The really dangerous sex offenders are on this registry: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tribute-to-survivors-of-child-sexual-assault-by-law-enforcement-officers/180584842010594?sk=wallAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-63945400765563695102012-10-07T09:51:25.742-05:002012-10-07T09:51:25.742-05:00I'm so impressed with all the intelligent, sen...I'm so impressed with all the intelligent, sensible statements here that I am almost speechless! Thank you Grits, Shana, LJW, you've said it all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-22407877680732117222012-10-06T19:42:06.037-05:002012-10-06T19:42:06.037-05:00Lazy "journalists" indeed! The real crim...Lazy "journalists" indeed! The real crime is all that money could be used to assist victims, prevention, monitoring of dangerous perpetrators, but instead it's spent on news candy.LJWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00383525118815656994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-24983779645462541192012-10-06T16:52:25.725-05:002012-10-06T16:52:25.725-05:00This might be my favorite quote ever: "...Gri...This might be my favorite quote ever: "...Grits continues to believe that lazy reporters are the main constituency for the sex offender registry (perhaps along with demagogic politicians), which otherwise provides little identifiable benefit to anyone." I have been getting so frustrated over the past week reading all these "news" stories that make it sound as though the states are "failing" to comply with this wonderful law...as if some states hadn't rejected the abysmal failure over a year ago for multiple reasons.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16126155782902141924noreply@blogger.com