Sexual Freedom Strikes Again

As society continues to press on its mindless chanting for sexual freedom and lambasting anyone who dares disagree as retrogressive and brainless religious, we have beautiful tales likes these:

Teen Accused of Blackmailing Fellow Students For Sex

and

Teen 'Sexters' Charged with Child Pornography.

So what are to make of these? Maybe we should have considered that our view of free sex, sex without consequence, and teenage sex would have led to these things. The first article, of course, is pretty heinous, and will receive a tut-tut because he was forcing fellow male students into having sex, thus violating the whole consensus thing.

It is actually the second article that worries me more. Some states make it illegal for minors to have sex with each other, but others don't. For those that don't, does it make sense to allow minors to have sex with each other, but not take naked pictures of each other? Heck does it make sense to forbid even a minor from taking a naked picture of herself, in that light?

The inevitable result, as I see it, is that eventually we start pulling down the barriers. Those kids that were prosecuted for child pornography will fight, and eventually interest groups will step in, and we'll have a court ruling that as long as the picture is of yourself, you can send it where you will. That will open the door for all kinds of leeway in child pornography cases, and we might see a fair amount of breakdown there. It might be that child porn is limited to preadolescence, and see we start seeing a plethora of junior high or high school girls submitting themselves to become amateur porn stars. And our ultimate situation grows much, much worse.

If we dare to ask, "Didn't anyone tell these kids not to do something like this?" we're immediately confronted with slogans like "teens will have sex anyway, so we just try to make it safe", and "do whatever you like, just be responsible about it" and so forth. We can't interfere because it is an invasion of privacy. Or an assault against sexual rights. Heck, if parents aren't supposed to be involved in whether or not a kid has an abortion, why should they be involved with sexual choices, up to and including texting friends with nude photos?

Slippery slope? More like an icy cliff. It will be interesting (and bone-chilling) to see where these cases end up.