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No, California did not just legalize pedophilia. Here’s the real story…

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California Governor Gavin Newsom signing a new law regarding sex offender roles into effect, conservative wonks and the generally hysterical have accused him and the state of California of legalizing pedophilia.

Spoiler alert: that is not the case.Openly gay Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener sponsored the bill, known as SB 145, in the legislature.

The legislation relates to a judge’s discretion on whether or not to add someone convicted of sodomy with a minor to the sex offender roles.

Prior to the passage of SB 145, judges could decide whether to place a man on the registry if he had consensual intercourse with someone age 14-17 and was not more than 10 years older than the other person.

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