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Well, regardless of the medical evidence, the Supreme Court has spoken.

Other than a decent concern for their immortal souls, I'm not sure why we conservatives should be so concerned about sodomy laws and the like.

Assuming (and this is a big assumption) we can keep, and enforce vigorously, laws against nonconsensual sex, public sexual displays, and sex with the underaged, why shouldn't we be perfectly happy that homosexuals and other deviants want to injure themselves in the course of their perversions, even to the point of transmitting diseases such as HIV? As long as we don't pay the hospital and treatment costs, let them destroy themselves. I mean, we've tried to keep the laws and lost. Ok. We'll pray for them. Ok, that's the Christian thing to do. But, let them as consenting adults do what they want. Do they do bizarre S&M rituals that injure each other. Fine! Maimed old queers walking around looks like a pretty good disincentive to me!

This is fascinating. I've never seen a post that I both agree and disagree with, as much as your post! My comments below are denoted by a [B]...

"Other than a decent concern for their immortal souls, I'm not sure why we conservatives should be so concerned about sodomy laws and the like."

[B] What does being politically conservative have to do with soul-saving? Religion & politics should never mix. Keep soul-saving in the hands of churches, not elected office. While I disagree with the text here, I DO agree with the message re:not concerning ourselves with this..

"Assuming (and this is a big assumption) we can keep, and enforce vigorously, laws against nonconsensual sex, public sexual displays, and sex with the underaged, why shouldn't we be perfectly happy that homosexuals and other deviants want to injure themselves in the course of their perversions, even to the point of transmitting diseases such as HIV? "

[B] We've now gone from saving souls to being happy that the Pillow Biter Minority is contracting deadly diseases. While this reverse-logic is seen in many fundamentlists, I still disagree with it. How can one worry about soul-saving, while expressing joy when the soul in question catches a deadly disease? Yet, I again AGREE that their perversions, if confined to other Flamers, shouldn't be a concern of mine. I'm really torn at this point of reading this post!!

"As long as we don't pay the hospital and treatment costs, let them destroy themselves. I mean, we've tried to keep the laws and lost. Ok. We'll pray for them. Ok, that's the Christian thing to do. "

[B] TOTAL Agreement - -do not make me pay for these people's irresponsible, dangerous "lifestyle choices". These choices include: Homo sex, drunk driving, other forms of drug abuse, smoking, motorcycling without a helmet, motorcycling with a helmet, moving to a location that's prone to natural disaster, etc. But I don't see why Christians should be praying for the same folks whose anal activity and subsequent disease-catching made you happy.

"But, let them as consenting adults do what they want. Do they do bizarre S&M rituals that injure each other. Fine! Maimed old queers walking around looks like a pretty good disincentive to me!"

[B] Yet, once again, you end with a point that I agree with! Neither you nor I are gonna engage in flaming, pillow-biting activity. As long as we aren't forced to subsidize this behavior, then I agree - "Live & Let Live". Or in this case, "Live and Let Die", with apologies to James Bond fans everywhere.