Moral Outrage

A BBC programme is to feature a call for the age of consent to be lowered. Law professor John Spencer will argue that the current age of consent, fixed at 16, criminalises ‘half the population’. His controversial views will be debated on the BBC Radio 4 programme Iconoclasts tomorrow evening.–By Kirsty Walker and Sarah HarrisBBC has picked up on the heated arguments regarding the age of consen

Sir Michael Parkinson was gutted when the BBC decreed his family tree was too boring to feature on Who Do You Think You Are? But the chat show host’s ­ancestry is anything but dull, the Sunday Express can reveal. His great grandfather William caused a sensation in 1873 when at the age of 43 he married a girl of just 15, with whom he fathered two children. – By David JarvisFrom the article, the current

The State Legislature of the State of Tennessee will vote today on whether or not to lower the age of consent. That age is currently 16, but lawmakers and lobbyists are attempting to lower it to the age of 12. Dylan “Bubba” Edwards, a member of the legislature from Tick Holler, said that “we done found out that the age is 13 in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. We can’t let them fell