It is my opinion that the majority of people who freak out about sex offenders are a bunch of whinny bitches who have nothing better to do than pick over other peoples lives. I am a sex offender. I was charged with statutory rape when I was 19. I am much older now married and have children. I served my time and am off parole, but that doesn't stop people from discriminating against me for my past. My children suffer from my past as well. Do you really think that that is fair? There are those people out there who shun my daughter, who wont let there children play with her just because of my past. This is bull shit pure and simple. When will it end? There are a few good people who look beyond my past and allow me the chance to live my life. Here is a simple fact and you can look up the studies for yourself. A sex offender has a recidivism rate of 6.5%, A drug offender has a recidivism rate of 20.75%, Domestic Violence offenders have a recidivism rate of 13%. for those offenders who seek treatment for there problems the rate decreases 2% across the board. Sex offenders are the least likely of all criminals to re offend, but we are the ones who are punished the most. By putting our names, addresses, work place, and schools on a list you the general public have placed a target on our heads and those of our families. My house has already been vandalized once. My windows smashed by would be vigilantes who wanted to drive me away. During this attack my wife and daughter were hurt. The consequences of putting us on this list can be detrimental to others to innocent people who had nothing to do with my crime, my daughter who wasn't even alive when my crime was committed. When will the violence end? When will a person be allowed to atone fully for there crimes. I have been denied housing solely because of being on this list. It is a form of racism whether you want to admit it or not. Our crimes are heinous, I regret my past every day. But what I regret more is the fact that others, my family, have to be punished for my past.