Jamie Lynn Spears -statutory Rape Victim

In 1958, twenty three year old Jerry Lee Lewis married his thirteen-year-old cousin and while the movie, Great Balls of Fire, depicted that Jerry Lee and his young bride did not consummate their sexual relations until their wedding night we will never really know.

In the 1960's it was rumored that Elvis Presley talked Priscilla's parents to let her come live with him and his parents when she was a minor, they met when she was only fourteen years old.

In 2002, an African American celebrity was 'allegedly' caught on tape having sex with a woman they think to be a minor and he was indicted. The minor's parents did not come forward to press charges, nor did the alleged minor, but the judge is about to set a trial date.

In 2005, seventeen year old, Genarlow Wilson engaged in oral sex with a consenting fifteen-year-old at a New Year's Eve party. The 15-year-old girl repeatedly stated that the act of oral sex was consensual though she legally could not consent. Genarlow Wilson was convicted and sent to jail for a minimum ten-year sentence.

In 2007, Jaime Lynn Spears, star of Nickelodeon's Zoey 101, at the age of 16 announced to the world that she is pregnant with her 18 or possibly 19 year-old boyfriend's child. Yet there are no charges being brought against this adult. Should I dare say the fact that Jamie Lynn Spears is a white celebrity that the same rules do not apply?

Do you see any major differences in these sexual acts other then the color of their skin?

Jaime Lynn Spears's publicists, has made sure to keep the news media filled with all sorts of lovely sound bites; "Jaime Lynn is so happy to be pregnant with her long-term boyfriend"; "Jamie and the boyfriend are being so responsible by having this baby"; "the parents and family, while shocked, are so proud that they are having this baby." Celebrities and politicians running for President in 2008 alike are praising this young person for keeping her child. I do not really have a comment on what she does with this pregnancy one way or the other but I do feel this young man should be investigated.