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A politician had a sexual relationship with an 18 year old. If it had been with an 18 year old woman, would it be wrong? If the politician were a woman, and the 18 year old a man, would there be a crime? If the issue is that the sex was with an 18 year old "teenager" and that is offensive, then work to change the law of consent to an older age rather than judge the person using our own personal morals. Is equality practiced in Portland?
Are we guilty of being offensive by asking consenting adults if they have sex together? More or less guilty than the consenting adult who lies in answer to the question? Do politicians fall into a special class of people who must answer questions we would never ask of the general public? Where is accountability and who should make apologies? The politician who lies in response to the inappropriate question, or the public who asks the inappropriate question? Equality?

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