Who Isn’t A Sex-Offender These Days?

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07/26/2011

By Amy Alkon

Don't be taking pictures of your daughter figure-skating in Troy, New York. Prohibited! Because of a new policy at an arena there, instituted to protect children from pedophiles. (Daughter's first axel? Sorry, parents. Do your best to commit it to memory.)

A man in England on a walk saw children building sand castles and took a picture. "An hour later, he was reported to the police and arrested," per website SOL Research: Look Who's A Sex-Offender Now!

More from the link:

Look at children in public? You're a sex offender.

Florida, 2007. An unidentified man was questioned by police after he spent more than an hour watching a children's karate class.

Turned out he was thinking of enrolling his kids.

New York City, 2005. Sandra Catena took a break from her dance lessons and sat down in the park. She was given a ticket by police for violating a law designed to keep out pedophiles -- that adults are not allowed in the park without children.

Another:

Kiss your naked baby? You're a sex offender.

North Carolina, 2005. Charbel Hamaty spent six months in prison for kissing his naked baby on the belly button. His wife was also arrested and she was denied contact with their children for several months for taking a picture of the "abuse."

Another:

Teenager taking naked pictures of yourself or your sweetheart? You're a sex offender.

Pennsylvania. A 13-year-old girl is on the sex offender registry for life because she took pictures of herself naked.