Sex with minors in red-state America

At his eponymous blog, my friend Greg Prince discovers a disturbing red-state trend regarding sex with minors and the rather unequal punishment thereof -- see here (and draw your own conclusions).

(Note: Yes, the title of this post is intentionally provocative. Whatever conclusions we may draw, whatever cultural patterns may actually exist, I do recognize that sex with minors is not exclusively a red-state phenomenon. Still...)