[Buckeye Bomber]

Are you going to ignore my questions:

1) Should the state be allowed to ban masturbation?

2) If anal sex is legal for heterosexuals, why is it illegal for homosexuals? This is an especially troubling matter I just came across.

[AveMaria]

[....Should the state be allowed to ban masturbation?....]

No. I do not believe that the state should ban masturbation. Masturbation does not violate community standards of decency, unless it is done in public.

But I remember a case in Alabama, where some conservative Republican legislators banned sex toys: http://www.s-t.com/daily/02-99/02-18-99/e03wn149.htm

[AveMaria]

If anal sex is legal for heterosexuals, why is it illegal for homosexuals?

Because a great many Americans believe that homosexual relationships should be discouraged, because they go against traditional family values, and are not seen as having any social value. But on the other hand, society has a vested interest in promoting marriage.

Almost all parents would like their children to be heterosexually married, not in homosexual relationships.

[Tribune7]

2) If anal sex is legal for heterosexuals

Sodomy laws apply to heterosexuals. Marv Albert was convicted of Virginia's sodomy law.

[NCLaw441]

I wasn't the one to whom you addressed thesr questions:
1) Should the state be allowed to ban masturbation?

2) If anal sex is legal for heterosexuals, why is it illegal for homosexuals? This is an especially troubling matter I just came across.

But I think there is a crucial distinction between what laws a state should be ALLOWED to pass and what laws a state SHOULD pass. I don't think states, for example, should pass any more laws increasing taxes, but I think that a state should be ALLOWED to pass such laws. That distinction is the crux of the entire debate, and of Santorum's comments.