Do you like this law?

Or do you think that no matter how old a student is, as long as they're in high school, sex between he/she and a teacher should not be OK?

SEATTLE — Washington state law does not bar teachers from having sex with 18-year-old students.

That's the decision of a three-judge panel of the Washington Court of Appeals, which on Tuesday ordered the dismissal of a case brought against Hoquiam High School's former choir teacher.

The teacher, Matthew Hirschfelder, was charged with first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor. He challenged a judge's refusal to dismiss his case. The appeals court unanimously agreed that the state law is vague, and that the Legislature only intended to forbid sexual contact between school employees and students who are 16 or 17.

Hirschfelder was 33 in 2006, at the time of the alleged relationship with the young woman. He resigned the next year.

• Do you like this law? - Not me
  • I think it is in bad taste and he should be fired from his job... - Kendra
    • I disagree with one point you made - daiseymae
      • I know full well that I was able to... - Kendra
  • The laws where I live - Jolie
  • it's not illegal, but it's inappropriate & he shouldn't be allowed to teach anymore - cesspoolmagic0_0
    • exactly - deenibeeni
      • deenie, I posted above before I read your post - daiseymae
  • Legally an 18 year old is an adult, so - kt
  • they let the nudists play in the park and ride their bikes through town - seattle is a nut farm
    • all I can say......I visited Seattle in November.....YUCK!! sm - Kind Hearted
      • This is all very interesting... - Kendra
    • That is truly an example of crazy left-wing - junk. Our country is being ruined by them.nm

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