Unless you think that little girls would just be happy to hop into bed with old and ugly guys either because they wanted to for themselves or out of the goodness of their hearts,

Since they already are doing it even now it's illegal, I don't see how this would stop by legalization.

And if you want to question that it is already happening, then please explain the numbers of contact convictions and ngo reports about unreported or abroad numbers.

The state gives parents broad latitude in terms of how to raise kids, but there are certain lines they cannot cross.

Ah so the children are not the property of the parents, but the property of the state, licensed to parents?

Yeah, that explains a lot.

Routinely beating your kid senseless is a clear one.

Such as this. Sure thing if you are licensed a public building, you're supposed not to break its beams.