Virginia Law Takes Aim at Adults Who French Kiss Minors


Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. — Adults who French kiss a child younger than 13 would be required to register as a sex offender under legislation passed out of the General Assembly on Saturday.

Those convicted of tongue-kissing a child would be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and a $2,500 fine.

The House passed the legislation 96-1 and the Senate 39-0. It now heads to Gov. Timothy M. Kaine.

Del. Riley Ingram, R-Hopewell, introduced the legislation on behalf of a woman whose 10-year-old daughter was French-kissed by the 62-year-old husband of her babysitter. 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 in the final day of the 2008 General Assembly session gave in to senators who thought that punishment was too harsh.

Del. Phillip Hamilton, R-Newport News, cast the lone opposing vote, refusing to back down from his belief that the crime should be a Class 6 felony.

"I think that type of behavior is so egregious it warrants a felony," Hamilton said.

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I agree with Hamilton,this crime should be a Class 6 felony!..

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When we were younger, my cousin broke his leg one summer and spent the summer on the couch, watching soap opera's with my mother... one day his mother picked him up, and he did one of those on screen open mouthed kisses that he seen on the soap opera..... she freaked.. we laughed our asses off.

Was your cousin's name Oedipus Rex?...

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Wasn't this the same state that had to put up billboards to remind adults that sex with children under 14 is bad?

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Wow... and I thought that Virginia was for lovers?! [/Sarcasm]

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I'd make it a felony just on the Pee Ewe factor
62 year old. Yucko. That's like a dead person kissing an infant. Shudder.

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Up until two days ago, I didn't know anything about the term "French Kiss". I looked it up on wikipedia. I don't know if I have seen stranger things.