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by Anonymous on August 28th, 2007
Yes, it is legal for you to date, but it is also legal for your parents to restrict your activities.
It is illegal for either of you to have sex. However, most states tend not to prosecute if both parties are a minor. Though you may not want to test your luck seeing that your parents are overprotective and your boyfriend is soon to be 18.
It should be noted that any sexual contact is equally illegal in Oregon for both you and your boyfriend (as long as he 17).
As for other conduct besides sex, it is a misdemeanor in Oregon to have "sexual contact" with a minor. Sexual contact is defined as: "any touching of the sexual or other intimate parts of a person or causing such person to touch the sexual or other intimate parts of the actor for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of either party." I did a quick search and found no case law to suggest that the lips are an "intimate" part of the body. Thus, it appears that kissing is completely legal.
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You're reading I'm 15 and my boyfriend is 17, soon to be 18. My parents are very overprotective and have sworn to call the cops, but we're not having sex. Is it legal for us to date in the state of Oregon?
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Lips are indeed intimate, though I seriously doubt that Oregon law contemplated kisses as actionable.
by Sandman on August 6th, 2008
No, it's not legal for them to date, since her parents have forbidden it. Even in Oregon, he can be charged and prosecuted as an adult at age 17.
Cynical as it sounds, I have to agree with Pasobrio. He may be he exception, but he SMELLS like a sexual predator on young girls.
by Sandman on August 6th, 2008
If Oregon law did not contemplate kisses as being actionable, then lips ARE NOT intimate body parts. This is how our laws are interpreted. That is, they look to the legislative intent.
by Anonymous on August 6th, 2008
And just because parents forbid dating does not make it illegal.
by Anonymous on August 6th, 2008
In Oregon? Indeed it does. However, since she is 15 and he is "not more than three years older" [quoted from Oregon state law], then her parents would have a hard time making a charge against him stick. I still "think what I thunk before," that he's a suspicious character, and probably a sexual predator. As I said in my last answer [i.e., not comment], why else would her parents be so dead set against him?
by Sandman on August 6th, 2008
Oregon does not have a dating law. The law you are referring to is most likely the statutory rape law. And statutory rape is a crime whether or not the parents consent or not. And the guy is only two years older than the girl. Hardly a pedophile make.
by Anonymous on August 6th, 2008
Honestly, just because he is two, or maybe just one and a half, years older it doesn't make him a sexual predator. I started going out with my finance when he was 17 and I was only 15 at the time. Goodness, their still in high school. I highly doubt it's something like that. Now, I will be getting married in 11 days. Just because there's an age difference it doesn't make it a crime.
by kitkat on December 1st, 2009
"Just because there's an age difference it doesn't make it a crime." Actually it does.
by Anonymous on December 1st, 2009