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Law to make tongue kissing minors a sex offense
WHO: Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, Delegate Riley Ingram, R-Hopewell.
WHEN: Sun March 9, 2008
WHERE: RICHMOND, Virginia
WHAT: State legislators passed a law Saturday that would require adults who French kiss a child younger than 13 to register as a sex offender.
WHY: Those convicted of tongue-kissing a child would be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and a $2,500 fine. The House of Delegates passed the legislation 96-1 and the Senate 39-0.
HOW: The only crime prosecutors could charge the man with was contributing to the delinquency of a minor, which did not require that he register as a sex offender. Ingram and other members of the House fought to make the crime a felony, but later gave in to senators who thought that classifying it as a felony was too harsh. Delegate Phillip Hamilton, R-Newport News, cast the lone nay vote, refusing to back down from his belief that the crime should be a felony.
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