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Wiz Imp

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68. For the record, there are 37 states where the age of consent is below 18. The youngest, though, is 16.

Thu Nov 13, 2025, 05:25 PM

Nov 13

It should be 18 in every state. A number of states have raised the age of consent in the relatively recent past. But for now:

States where the age of consent is 16 (30): Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, and West Virginia.

States where the age of consent is 17 (7): Colorado, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, New York, Texas, and Wyoming.

States where the age of consent is 18 (13): Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Note: in some states, a person can still be charged with a crime for having sex with a person even after they reach the age of consent, if certain criteria are met. For example: Even though a person may legally consent to sexual activity with someone of any age older than him/her once he/she turns 16, Pennsylvania state prosecutors may still charge a person 18 or older with corruption of a minor if a person has consensual sexual intercourse with a 16 or 17 year old

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We knew this was coming--15 yr olds are now 'barely legal': [View all] Kingofalldems Nov 13 OP

Sickening! SheltieLover Nov 13 #1

I feel the same way. hamsterjill Nov 13 #88

I want to barf everytime a repuke utters anything. SheltieLover Nov 13 #90

Well, I agree. But this seemed particularly gross to me. hamsterjill Nov 13 #91

I couldn't agree more, Jill SheltieLover Nov 13 #93

So pathetic. JBTaurus83 Nov 13 #2

What is wrong with her? AllyCat Nov 13 #3

She's being her true sick racist pedo-pass self. Crowman2009 Nov 13 #40

EVERYTHING! alimbalt Nov 14 #112

So, it's OK if 50+ year old man does that to your 15 year old daughter? tinrobot Nov 13 #4

Someone should ask her that durablend Nov 13 #9

It's okay, mwmisses4289 Nov 13 #13

And as long as it's a puke or their allies not fooled Nov 14 #113

WTF Megyn? Dave Id Nov 13 #52

That's about all I have, to say to her. calimary Nov 13 #79

Barely legal isn't illegal Polybius Nov 13 #86

It's wrong on purpose. On point for her. AloeVera Nov 14 #109

Trying to excuse raping minors is vomit inducing. Dave Bowman Nov 13 #5

Brilliant conservative sexual perversion expert Mygen the kelly reports BOSSHOG Nov 13 #6

We knew this goalpost would eventually be moved Torchlight Nov 13 #7

Nice try, Megyn. A 15-year-old is a *minor*. What they used to call "jail bait," for good reason: Ocelot II Nov 13 #8

I Must Disagree With Your Definitions, Not Your Message... ColoringFool Nov 13 #35

Then it's really Megyn's error, since a 15-year-old isn't "barely" legal, though Megyn clearly meant "nearly," Ocelot II Nov 13 #39

This is just disgusting. progressoid Nov 13 #10

These are the same idgits who scream about mwmisses4289 Nov 13 #11

And don't forget - child labor is back in style TommyT139 Nov 14 #97

No great surprises here: 3catwoman3 Nov 14 #99

Gross 🤢 MustLoveBeagles Nov 13 #12

Trump's next executive order... lame54 Nov 13 #14

The draft to work at Mar-a-Lago USS_Dauntless Nov 13 #85

This is what burns me up. Laffy Kat Nov 13 #15

good gawd - anything for Der Furher I guess rurallib Nov 13 #16

Trump videohead5 Nov 13 #17

There's also a difference between a sixteen or seventeen year-old doing hanky-panky with a contemporary Vogon_Glory Nov 13 #18

Sounds like she's vying for Ghislaine's job. Baitball Blogger Nov 13 #19

Or had a similar one. rubbersole Nov 13 #37

There's a distinction without a difference EdmondDantes_ Nov 13 #20

Was that a Freudian slip saying barely legal instead of barely illegal? karynnj Nov 13 #21

Pedophilia Greg_In_SF Nov 13 #22

Too many people can't properly define the term Polybius Nov 13 #87

Called it. flvegan Nov 13 #23

So I guess this didn't work ? dweller Nov 13 #24

Werent many of these troubled teenagers ? JI7 Nov 13 #25

These men want to CSA girls ... Bread and Circuses Nov 13 #26

What a friggin' pig she is. Scrivener7 Nov 13 #27

I wish someone would ask her if she would be ok for her 15 year old daughter be around Epstein and the orange turd? kimbutgar Nov 13 #28

the horrific moving of the goal posts...by women. Javaman Nov 13 #29

"15 will get you 20." WestMichRad Nov 13 #30

There Is Only One Response: "Not According ToThe Law.".... ColoringFool Nov 13 #31

So some 40 year old perv UpInArms Nov 13 #32

Wow what truly evil and sick beings BlueKota Nov 13 #33

In some states Republicans bible humpers still want to be able to marry 13 year olds ChicagoTeamster Nov 13 #34

Some on the "manosphere" actually ADVOCATE marrying a girl that age DBoon Nov 13 #62

They have no morality or ethics unless it effects them. NotHardly Nov 13 #36

Well, if nothing else, republicans are telling us loud and clear who and what they are. Biophilic Nov 13 #38

I keep trying to tell people. This is the frickin MAGAt mindset maxrandb Nov 13 #41

There is a difference between a 5 yo and a 15 yo, TNNurse Nov 13 #42

My daughter is 17 JPPaverage Nov 13 #43

Megyn Kelley into supporting child rape now, hmm? SSJVegeta Nov 13 #44

I guess she'd be fine with her daughter being raped and impregnated and forced to carry and deliver the child... QueerDuck Nov 13 #46

That's the MAGAts - the party of law and order! These people have NO moral compass at all. n/t PatrickforB Nov 13 #45

I guess WmChris Nov 13 #47

If it involved a Democratic man, Wednesdays Nov 13 #48

Megan should've gone into gymnastics considering how she can bend over backwards while kissing the Felon's arse. Buddyzbuddy Nov 13 #49

I'm sure she would have the same opinion if it was ,Obama Tribetime Nov 13 #50

So when she was 15 ... relayerbob Nov 13 #51

Pretty on the outside but truly ugly on the inside. Botany Nov 13 #53

This is fucking sickening Aviation Pro Nov 13 #54

That is according to Traildogbob Nov 13 #55

Gotta love the vanishing of rightwing "law & order" sentiment. Paladin Nov 13 #56

Everything they say is a farce Oneironaut Nov 13 #73

So Megyn is a-ok with her 14 yo daughter getting raped by the likes of Eps and Dump. Clouds Passing Nov 13 #57

Megyn Kelly is VILE trash for saying otherwise. LetMyPeopleVote Nov 13 #58

A disgusting human. spanone Nov 13 #59

This is the usual pedophile response...the next will be "These girls knew what they were doing.." Prairie Gates Nov 13 #60

"Why was she dressed that way if she didn't want it?" durablend Nov 13 #61

"" AllaN01Bear Nov 13 #63

I'm enough of a pedant that I know what she's talking about, but no sensible person takes up that fight JHB Nov 13 #64

Somehow Megyn is a lawyer. DeeDeeNY Nov 13 #65

18 is legal age... not 5, not 14, not 15! slightlv Nov 13 #66

Guess Rebl2 Nov 13 #67

For the record, there are 37 states where the age of consent is below 18. The youngest, though, is 16. Wiz Imp Nov 13 #68

Email Sirius/XM CEO Jennifer Witz here... BlueTsunami2018 Nov 13 #69

IT IS RAPE! In NO STATE is the age of consent at 15. Mr.WeRP Nov 13 #70

Kelly's gross. BradBo Nov 13 #71

Weren't some girls said to be 13 or 14, anyway? raging moderate Nov 13 #72

eww gross proud patriot Nov 13 #74

Goddamn enabling, woman-hating POS choie Nov 13 #75

well....your fired. yourout Nov 13 #76

Disgusting. I wonder what Megyn would say to her own children if something so awful happened to them? tulipsandroses Nov 13 #77

She is actually incriminating TSF without actually johnnyfins Nov 13 #78

Exactly,my first words... Cherrycheeks Nov 13 #80

Maybe if Megyn knows this person kacekwl Nov 13 #81

"At least they weren't 8 years old" is going to be a heck of a 2026 slogan. LetMyPeopleVote Nov 13 #82

So, is that "somebody" Alan Dershowitz...? regnaD kciN Nov 13 #83

Does Chris Hansen need to pay Megyn Kelly a visit? USS_Dauntless Nov 13 #84

Duck Dynasty guy said you should marry those young girls at 15 or 16. Norrrm Nov 13 #89

Megyn looks like she is doing a porn show Skittles Nov 13 #92

She is Disgusting ArnoldLayne Nov 13 #94

We can expect Maga to push for lowering the age of consent. thought crime Nov 14 #95

Two things the Right is masterful at: Trueblue Texan Nov 14 #96

She is, was, and always will be disgusting. Ugh. MIButterfly Nov 14 #98

I'm waiting for "Murder can be legal in sone cases. Norbert Nov 14 #100

It deminds me of something my friend said and i thought she was being dramatic Samael13 Nov 14 #101

Presumably this means that 15 year olds can run for Senate now Orrex Nov 14 #102

as the mother of 2 former 15 year old girls i can only hope that megyn kelly has no female children. dawn5651 Nov 14 #103

Wasn't the woman who accused Trump of teen rape, 13 years old? Emile Nov 14 #104

Difference: 10 Years Similarity: Both underage little girls. Equals: Pedophilia flashman13 Nov 14 #105

Just.....wow! Martin68 Nov 14 #106

Well in the 1820's 15 years old was barely legal... haele Nov 14 #107

I really wish that the shark that she jumped so many years ago would have devoured her. Borogove Nov 14 #108

It's RAPE you bleach bottle bimbo. twodogsbarking Nov 14 #110

The difference between the two MW67 Nov 14 #111

I wish she could hang from a tree for that EnergizedLib Nov 14 #114

Republican family values that they are so proud of. republianmushroom Nov 14 #115

You really have to be some kind of shitty person Bristlecone Nov 14 #116

CPS needs to take her kids away from her drmeow Nov 14 #117

I know that the emails released and links to comments from her will be in evergreen use against Rs any time that I themaguffin Nov 14 #118