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I don't think it is up to the parents to decide this sort of thing...
Let's assume for a moment that we have a 13-year-old girl and a 21-year-old guy with no hint of mental retardation in the picture.
The 21-year-old is clearly guilty of statutory rape. If the parents come along and say, "Hey, no problem". We don't have any issue with our 13-year-old having sex with a 21-year-old. It isn't up to them. It is up to the law.
Let's stretch this a little more. What if it were an 11-year-old and a 30-year-old and the parents gave their consent?
The law makers have drawn a particular line in the sand and legality is on one side of this line and illegality on the other. It is not up to the parents to make this call. End of story.
The *only* thing that makes this story worth of a second look, IMO, is the fact that *both* the man and the girl appear to be functioning with "limited capacity". Unfortunately the story offers nothing more than these two words and the open term, "special education". As I have indicated, these terms suggest that the authorities should look a little closer as it does not appear to be a cut and dry case.
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