Dan Savage

Clifton Carmack was arrested and prosecuted, but somehow she's only facing three months in prison. I'm thinking a male teacher, gay or straight, who had done the same and, like Clifton Carmack, had fled the state to avoid arrest. Yeah, that math teacher would have gone to prison for a lot longer than three months. For the record, 16 is the age of consent in 30 U.S.

Clifton Carmack was arrested and prosecuted, but somehow she's only facing three months in prison. I'm thinking a male teacher, gay or straight, who had done the same and, like Clifton Carmack, had fled the state to avoid arrest. Yeah, that math teacher would have gone to prison for a lot longer than three months. For the record, 16 is the age of consent in 30 U.S.

states, but it's 17 in Missouri. But even if that student of hers had been 17, it would have been a crime in Missouri regardless, as it is a crime for teachers in Missouri to fuck students. And by law, the student's consent, even if they're 17, cannot be used as a defense. Nor can the parent's consent.

states, but it's 17 in Missouri. But even if that student of hers had been 17, it would have been a crime in Missouri regardless, as it is a crime for teachers in Missouri to fuck students. And by law, the student's consent, even if they're 17, cannot be used as a defense. Nor can the parent's consent.

In an odd twist, the father of the student, Clifton Carmack, statutorily raped, was himself arrested. because he knew about the affair his son was having with his math teacher and didn't report it to the authorities. In yet another bizarre twist, child marriage is legal in Missouri.

In an odd twist, the father of the student, Clifton Carmack, statutorily raped, was himself arrested. because he knew about the affair his son was having with his math teacher and didn't report it to the authorities. In yet another bizarre twist, child marriage is legal in Missouri.

A bipartisan attempt this year to end child marriage in Missouri failed to make it out of Missouri's state legislature again this year. So in Moe, at the Moe, a parent can consent to their teenage child marrying an adult, which is not okay, but a parent... can't consent or even turn a blind eye to their teenage child having sex with an adult. Also not okay. Make it make sense, Missouri.

A bipartisan attempt this year to end child marriage in Missouri failed to make it out of Missouri's state legislature again this year. So in Moe, at the Moe, a parent can consent to their teenage child marrying an adult, which is not okay, but a parent... can't consent or even turn a blind eye to their teenage child having sex with an adult. Also not okay. Make it make sense, Missouri.

Make it make sense. All right, another don't. You probably don't want to go see, if you're not me, the new production of Sancta, currently playing at the Stuttgart State Opera House, directed by Austrian choreographer Florentina Holzinger. It

Make it make sense. All right, another don't. You probably don't want to go see, if you're not me, the new production of Sancta, currently playing at the Stuttgart State Opera House, directed by Austrian choreographer Florentina Holzinger. It

During the first two performances of the nearly 100-year-old opera about a nun, 18 audience members required medical attention after fainting or experiencing extreme nausea during the production, which, according to news reports and reviews, many of them very positive.

During the first two performances of the nearly 100-year-old opera about a nun, 18 audience members required medical attention after fainting or experiencing extreme nausea during the production, which, according to news reports and reviews, many of them very positive.

Features like all of Holsinger's productions, an all-female cast, and in this case, a live piercing on stage, unsimulated sexual intercourse, also known as just sexual intercourse, aka actual fucking, naked nuns on roller skates, and tons of blood, fake and real.

Features like all of Holsinger's productions, an all-female cast, and in this case, a live piercing on stage, unsimulated sexual intercourse, also known as just sexual intercourse, aka actual fucking, naked nuns on roller skates, and tons of blood, fake and real.

Mercifully, unlike some other shows directed by Holtzinger, her production of Sancta, an opera about a horny nun who asks to be walled up in her convent for her sins, this production of Sancta doesn't feature as previous productions directed by Holtzinger did, quote, fresh excrement, close quote.

Mercifully, unlike some other shows directed by Holtzinger, her production of Sancta, an opera about a horny nun who asks to be walled up in her convent for her sins, this production of Sancta doesn't feature as previous productions directed by Holtzinger did, quote, fresh excrement, close quote.

The show, which premiered in Austria earlier this year, has been accused of insulting the Catholic Church and Catholic sensibilities.

The show, which premiered in Austria earlier this year, has been accused of insulting the Catholic Church and Catholic sensibilities.

But as Holtsinger, who won't cast dancers that can't urinate on cue, as she told The Guardian, her production of Sancta is, quote, "...an exploration of the kinship between Catholics and BDSM practitioners, two groups that, again, quote, share a belief that joy and pain are intimately connected and those who suffer will find redemption."

But as Holtsinger, who won't cast dancers that can't urinate on cue, as she told The Guardian, her production of Sancta is, quote, "...an exploration of the kinship between Catholics and BDSM practitioners, two groups that, again, quote, share a belief that joy and pain are intimately connected and those who suffer will find redemption."