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From: rob@ptsfa.UUCP (Rob Bernardo)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.motss
Subject: Re: New Rightist Reaganite trounced in Massachusetts
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Date: Tue, 13-Nov-84 23:37:38 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 13 23:37:38 1984
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>                     The point is not that Studds is a homosexual, but
> that he abused his office in having an affair with a subordinate (bad
> enough in itself) who ALSO was a minor.  ...
>                                                            It is the
> exploitation of his position to pursue a minor partially in his
> charge.  He deserved the same fate as Crane.
> 
> 					David Rubin
> 			{allegra|astrovax|princeton}!fisher!david

The subordinate was NOT a minor according to the Washington, D.C. laws
that cover sexual relations; he was past the age of sexual consent,
which I think is 16 in D.C. I think it important to note that no law
was violated.
Furthermore, from the details I have heard we do not know specifically
in this case that Studds exploited is position as superior. It is not
clear to me that when a subordinate and a superior have sexual relations
there is 'a priori' exploitation.
-- 


Rob Bernardo, Pacific Bell, San Francisco, California
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