is it legal to have sex with someone who has down syndrome?

[fogg88]

It's perfectly legal, as long as their parents sign their permission slip.

 

[hardrock]

is it legal to have sex with someone who has down syndrome?

A friend of mine is rumored to have nailed one from the bar up the street. I wasn't there so I can not say. He says she was normal, my friends that were there say otherwise. he gets shit about it every time I see him.

 

[Daernoth]

I think it's legal, but wholely un-ethical.

 

[Lao Tzu]

IC 35-42-4-2
Criminal deviate conduct
Sec. 2. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally causes another person to perform or submit to deviate sexual conduct when:
(1) the other person is compelled by force or imminent threat of force;
(2) the other person is unaware that the conduct is occurring; or
(3) the other person is so mentally disabled or deficient that consent to the conduct cannot be given;
commits criminal deviate conduct, a Class B felony.

 

[Nathan]

Retarded chicks rule.

 

[HulkRow]

why would you even want to?

if you yourself had downs then yeah, but a normal man? thats just weak.

 

[OXANDRIN]

i'd hit one

 

[distanced]

 

[spentagn]

No cause he doesn't have the capacity to commit crimes (the Mens rea is lacking there). Unless your laws are different there but I doubt.

We can execute retards here in Texas, though it doesn't really happen. I had the pleasure of meeting the last "retarded" inmate who was executed, and he definitely seemed able to make rational decisions. I have a second cousin w/ down's syndrome, and the differnece in mental capacity is amazing.

 

[VicTusDeuS]

Depending on the level of retardation, the court may see that person as a minor at any age. In order to legally have sex with them, you would have to get consensual permission from their legal guardian. If you marry them I think you automatically become responsible. Kinda off topic but I had a friend whos mom had a stroke and is now not mentally capable of making her own decisions. A POA was issued to his dad he now has the say in what happens in her life.