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To: jde1953
I asked a legal question, you dodged with antireligious drivel.

Next thing, you will assert a Constitutional right to murder because Jesus' name isn't in the Constitution.

Even without religion, some behaviours are seen as sick, disgusting, medically hazardous, and unacceptable by society, and all you can do is muster a weak attack on religion.

Pardon me if I find it strange (as the 'walls close in' on tobacco smokers) that you assert a right to buttf*ck because you don't see a reference to Biblical scripture or the Christian deity in the Constitution.

466 posted on 05/21/2003 6:34:37 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe
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To: Smokin' Joe
"I asked a legal question, you dodged with antireligious drivel.

Next thing, you will assert a Constitutional right to murder because Jesus' name isn't in the Constitution."

Well, as an atheist, I consider religion to be 10% reasonable philosophy and 90% mythology. I'm being nice by calling it mythology rather than drivel.

OK, let's talk legal. You say there's no right to sodomy because it's not in the Constitution. As you well know, something being a "right" and the same thing being "legal" are two different things. The Constitution doesn't say anything about a person's "right" to go into business for himself. Does that mean I can't do it? Does that mean it should be illegal? The Constitution doesn't give me a "right" to own a pet. Does that mean it's illegal for me to have a cat? (Or should those issues be left to the individual states, as the Constitution would seem to suggest?)

And as for legalized murder, well, the Texas GOP seems to want precisely that, at least if it's the murder of a homosexual. Take a look at page 8, the section about "Strengthening Families and Promoting a Freer Society" at http://www.texasgop.org/library/RPTPlatform2002.pdf

"We oppose any criminal or civil penalties against those
who oppose homosexuality out of faith, conviction, or belief in traditional values."

If the Texas GOP gets its way, you could read Leviticus, decide that, out of your deep faith, you need to oppose homosexuality by putting homosexuals to death, just as the holy writ commands -- and you would get a free pass!

467 posted on 05/21/2003 2:12:27 PM PDT by jde1953
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