The first step was legalizing premarital sex thus inventing the "between two consenting adults" argument.
The second step was either not having statutory rape laws apply or just not enforcing them when both parties are underage thus normalizing minors having sex.
But even here where almost every other post is about seeing a pedophile under ever rock you still can't see these major advances made against our children's innocence.
The police and if they fail to prosecute then it goes on the community to enforce morality.
I mean you have them enforce all the other laws, including pedophilia related crimes.
That same argument will be used to molest your kids.
Generation after generation that line has been moved to the point that the only thing that is over the line is child molestation.
Well yes? It's either that or some form of pseudo anarchy where just citing a moral principal you're upholding is enough to get you off the hook for what would otherwise be serious crimes without at least one of those two options our morality will decay to the point of non-existence like it currently has been.
I'm sure there are ways to determine if sex was had even minutes after the event, there's no reason we can't have police show up for a check up if someone reports suspected moral violations.
You can't rely on kids to act morally and especially not when it comes to sex. Their own drive for sex and a relationship is our worst enemy when it comes to preserving their innocence until they are of age.