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Thread #95160   Message #1866936
Posted By: Ron Davies
23-Oct-06 - 11:48 PM
Thread Name: BS: Mark Foley Scandal
Subject: RE: BS: Mark Foley Scandal
Old--

It turns out, the governing factor is the age of consent in DC--which is indeed 16.   17 in Massachusetts. The relationship continued after the other party was no longer a page.

And as I said, Studds' relationship was consensual--Foley's were not.