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To: Kevin Curry
No, it's the whole truth.

You misquote the Constitution.

The tenth amendment actually says:

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

The SCOTUS has said that what two consenting adults do privately in their bedroom is not within the power of the Fed or the states to regulate.

While I may find certain practices disgusting and morally wrong, they don't violate my rights or anybody else's.

The SCOTUS took a stand for individual rights - which is why Libertarians are cheering.

151 posted on 06/26/2003 7:51:45 AM PDT by jimt
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To: jimt
Is it legal for any adult to have sex with any other consenting adult? What about orgies?
195 posted on 06/26/2003 8:05:11 AM PDT by petitfour
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To: jimt

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

The SCOTUS has said that what two consenting adults do privately in their bedroom is not within the power of the Fed or the states to regulate.


Not quite........................

 

What part of ...are reserved to the states respectively... do you NOT understand?

 

You could have just as easily written this:

"The SCOTUS has said that what two consenting adults do PUBLICALLY, on their front lawn, is not within the power of the Fed or the states to regulate."

 and it would be considered senseless.


223 posted on 06/26/2003 8:12:27 AM PDT by Elsie (Any misspellings are caused by a sticky keyboard!! [that darn ol' Coke!])
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