[Clint N. Suhks]

'Libertarians believe Thomas Jefferson would be a libertarian if he were alive today' and that's not what I was saying, although it's probably true. What I was saying was this: The values and beliefs that Thomas Jefferson held are consistent with those of libertarians today.

Except for his views on perversion.

Whosoever shall be guilty of rape, polygamy, or sodomy* with a man or woman, shall be punished; if a man, by castration, a woman, by boring through the cartilage of her nose a hole of one half inch in diameter at the least.

[tdadams]

Except for [Jefferson's] views on perversion.

As much as I revere Jefferson, I suspect he had no problem condemning those liaisons he didn't participate in, however, I see no mention of "adultery with an underage black slavegirl."