Quick, before they make it illegal Date Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 07:46 PM PST Topic News I know this has been discussed in the forums at another time, but if I remember right, last time Mono and I ended at a bit of an impasse where Mono stated these laws were in place to add further insult to child molesters, and I disagreed. I don't know if this is a winning (a Pyrrhic victory to say the least) blow for my argument that these laws are just wrong, or if it's just a ray of hope in a vast sea of hell. Any way, on with the reason. This article describes a law that will be going before the US supreme court and should be resolved sometime in June or July of this year. And here are a couple of notable quotes: "WASHINGTON, March 26 (UPI) -- The Supreme Court, in a case that reaches to the core of American values, heard argument Wednesday on whether Texas or any other state can ban private homosexual conduct between consenting adults." Yep, you read correctly, the bloody courts are finally going to decide can you imagine that? They are going to somehow decide how humans within the lines of this nation are allowed to conduct their sexual relations. This is about consenting adults folks, not the big bad priest and the little helpless choirboy. Read on if you doubt. "A gay couple -- charged with violating the sodomy ban after police entered a Houston area home and found them having sex -- is challenging the Texas ban." ... "Sheriff's deputies entered John Lawrence's home late in the evening of Sept. 17, 1998, to investigate what turned out to be a false report from a neighbor of a "weapon disturbance." "There, they intruded on Lawrence and (Tyron) Garner having sex," So their neighbors decided they didn't like having a nice gay couple in the neighborhood and did something about it. Remember Salem? Before you think this is prone to have no real effect on the nation as a whole, remember one this is going up in front of the Supreme Court. What these folks decide on a case becomes a part of our constitution. Another quote from the article might add some weight to this fear. "Smith said his clients are also asking the Supreme Court to recognize "the right of all adult couples, whether same-sex or not, to be free from all forms of government intrusion into their chosen method of sexual expression." Speaking for Texas, Harris County District Attorney Charles Rosenthal Jr. said the Lone Star State's ban "does not violate the 14th Amendment ... because the Constitution has never recognized a fundamental right to engage in extra-marital sex." The constitution has never recognized... Scary words when you think about it. If you thought the war on Teenagers had too much ammo before today; think again. If this reaches the Supreme Court and they say that no one has the right to extra-marital sex...well, it's a little scary to contemplate. After being convicted in a justice of the peace court, the men filed motions to suppress the charges on the grounds that the law is unconstitutional. When those motions failed, the men pleaded no contest, were found guilty and paid $200 fines, plus court costs. So to recap, they were successfully fined under a BS law for a trumped up excuse for an invasion of their privacy, and all because they weren't intending to have a baby? I swear if they somehow make masturbation illegal in this country I'll be first in line to jerk off on the whitehouse. I'll hold you jacket darling. This article comes from Shmeng http://www.shmeng.com/ The URL for this story is: http://www.shmeng.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=500