"those relationships sound consensual to me"

This is the story:

Dale Hutchings was arrested Tuesday and charged with 305 counts of raping a child, 356 counts of aggravated indecent assault against a child under 13, and 356 counts of indecent assault against a child under 13.

Over 1000 charges. All of them against a child under 13.

Now, by law- a child under 13 (regardless of the state) can not consent to sexual acts with an adult.

Police began investigating Hutchings on Monday when an 11-year-old girl accused him of putting his hand down her pants as she made breakfast at his house toward the end of the school year, according to court documents. Police were led to other victims who also said they were molested.

Here is a man who's sole purpose is to watch out for the safety of young children. All the while- he seems to be the biggest danger to them.

And, yet. Some of the responses to the story are, well- a little unusual. Like this one by BluegrassBoy:

To me it sounds like there's a whole lot to this story that's not being reported. Sure, he broke the law...but those relationships sound consensual to me.

Of course, few of us can really be surprised- seeing as how Bluegrass Boy is just another sick freak on the pedophile chain of predators over at GirlChat.

Then we have another reaction, this time from blackmyheart :

it makes the rest of us have to work harder for acceptance...

does make me wonder if we're getting the whole story here... the girl who spoke first was at his house... was there consent given for any of these encounters? were any of the girls pressured into turning on him? if these are legitamite assaults, the i agree he should be punished, but ive become jaded to the way these cases are investigated and reported...

Now, mind you NO child under 13 has the ability to consent to sexual acts... so what they are really going for here is to say that this man, this child molester, should be able to find a loop hole and get away with abusing all of these kids. Because, really- if you can persuade a child to allow you to do whatever you want to them- then it should okay.

Remember, this is from the same group whose self imposed "pedo leaders" made these comments during an interview:

Scott: Can a 6 month old do that?

Lindsay: I'm sure that 6 months old also have nerve endings and understanding and an understanding of what is pleasurable to them, yes

Scott: So a 6 month old can consent to sex

Lindsay: A 6 month old can consent to activity that it finds pleasurable

And, yet they wonder why they can't find acceptance in decent society.

I understand that you all don't feel we should "see our souls" in this fight, but the fact of the matter is we are 'perceived' as dangerous. Period. Think about this witch hunt in progress. The ONLY way to get anywhere in this fight is for people like us to make the case that we pose NO THREAT.

Perhaps they need to be reminded that when someone's main goal in life is to have sex with little children, and exploit those children for their own deviant desires.... then they are a threat, and one that we will keep fighting.