[ninenot]

One enforces the law just as Texas did--occasionally, on legitimate complaint.

There are a lot of laws which are not enforced 100% of the time to the letter--speeding comes to mind, Sinky.

But the virtues promoted (or vices prohibited) by laws which comport with Natural Law are important and the State should, in fact, have such laws, regardless of the State's capability to enforce same.

[sinkspur]

But the virtues promoted (or vices prohibited) by laws which comport with Natural Law are important and the State should, in fact, have such laws, regardless of the State's capability to enforce same.

Well, I agree with Clarence Thomas. Unenforced laws are "silly" and should be repealed. They make a mockery of the legal system and there is no "right order" in a silly law.

[puroresu]

What I find so disturbing is that there's an attitude in our country, even among some so-called conservatives, that if you disagree with a law, then the courts should find some way to "get rid of that law". The left has had that attitude for years. Now we often see it among libertarians. "Gee, I don't like the law that bans sodomy, so I hope a federal judge interprets some imaginary provision hidden in the aura of the Bill of Rights as knocking it down". Yeah, that's really championing the conservative cause. It's like putting a wolf in the henhouse to protect the chickens from foxes.

[jde1953]

"One enforces the law just as Texas did--occasionally, on legitimate complaint."

This was NOT such a case. The police were responding to a reported weapons disturbance in a private residence, which turned out to be a false report.

"But the virtues promoted (or vices prohibited) by laws which comport with Natural Law are important and the State should, in fact, have such laws, regardless of the State's capability to enforce same."

Except, of course, that Texas has no law banning bestiality in private. So I guess bestiality comports nicely with Natural Law.