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To: ScottinVA
Good God, what a sad, debauched existence.

Amen. One might add that it is worthy of our prayers.

But this is a political forum so we must ask ourselves the question what should be the criminal consequences of such activity? Put another way, as repellent as this activity is should society criminalize semi-public sodomy? Put yet another way, is there harm in general to society by this indiscriminate, semi-public sodomy? If so, is criminal law a sensible remedy?

Would it be better public policy to focus criminal laws on objectionable behavior such as harm to minors?

Finally, since we have some brand of compulsory health insurance does the reality that sodomites pose a health risk by their activities and therefore drain the healthcare insurance system, constitute grounds enough to criminalize the activity? If we do that, do we not open a slippery slope to criminalize smoking? Fattening foods? Sugary foods?

Does sodomy done in private present less of a risk to healthcare insurance reserves then does sodomy done in the semi- private?

How private must the sodomy be? Two consenting men in the bathroom stall otherwise unobserved, is that private enough to avoid criminal sanction? Sodomy committed among other sodomites in a group orgy, how does that qualify? Sodomy committed in plain view of a grammar school?

Of course, we are compelled to recognize that the Supreme Court has already immunized sodomy done in private from state criminal control. After we conclude that indiscriminate semi-public sodomy (perhaps even discriminate semi-public sodomy) is wholly debauched, what do we as conservatives want to do about it?


19 posted on 03/01/2020 4:15:21 AM PST by nathanbedford (attack, repeat, attack! Bull Halsey)
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To: nathanbedford

Unfortunately we have become a lawless society for many (not all) reasons cited in the piece. In the list of lawless behaviors those discussed here are far down of those that will be attended to first.


22 posted on 03/01/2020 4:36:50 AM PST by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: nathanbedford

Public sex, even semi-public sex, should remain illegal for gays and straights. A person’s right to have sex does not trump the right of the rest of society not to see that sex.

As far as the health factor I would agree with you. Even though gay men are much more likely to get diseases and such they are a miniscule portion of the population. If we are going to say government can interfere with the activities of adults because of how much those activities can drain the health system then we empower government to tell us what we can eat and how much we should exercise. Because obesity related health problems are a much bigger drain on the health system then gay men.


59 posted on 03/01/2020 8:05:35 AM PST by OIFVeteran
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