To: Strategerist; Borges; annalex
No law is completely enforcable. As one of you said, we have laws today against harmful drugs, yet they are still sold and consumed.
The argument some of you are making is that because enforcement is difficult, immoral and harmful practices should be allowed. The same argument is made for legalization of marijuana. cocaine, heroin, and other drugs.
If abortion is banned, there will still be some abortions taking place, yet it should be made illegal for the good of society and to reduce the number of abortions. The argument you make can be used against making any harmful activity illegal.
Borges, yes, adultery and fornication should be illegal. It wasn’t too many years ago that it was illegal in most places in America.
45 posted on
02/11/2009 12:36:51 PM PST by
FFranco
(To be stupid, and selfish, and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness.)
To: FFranco
adultery and fornication should be illegal Well, I wouldn't argue otherwise, but I continue to point out that criminalizing private activity of consenting adults is out of character for the American jurisprudence.
54 posted on
02/11/2009 12:54:38 PM PST by
annalex
(http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
To: FFranco
fornication should be illegal. It wasnt too many years ago that it was illegal in most places in America.
Actually it was legal under British Common Law which we inherited. And of the few laws that were passed...most were either quickly repealed, not enforced or were struck down by state courts as being odious to their respective Constitutions.
161 posted on
02/12/2009 1:38:26 PM PST by
Borges
To: FFranco
we need to make artificial means of birth control illegal too... yes, adultery and fornication should be illegal You are a wise mane, for an infidel. I think I will kill you last.
185 posted on
02/19/2009 11:42:02 AM PST by
steve-b
(Intelligent design is to evolutionary biology what socialism is to free-market economics.)
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