"consent from both parties IS necessary for something to be legalised" Let me get this straight. So you're okay with a 40 yr old having sex with/marrying a 9 yr old if the 9 yr old really feels like (s)he is in love with the 40 yr old? As in the case of Mary Kay Latorneau(i can't spell this name) and the Samoan kid? They're happily married now, after they became adults, but clearly the kid is a bit cuckoo for cocoa puffs. He has mental problems if you ask me, the way he acts. The kid has always said he loves this woman. Clearly something wrong with him.