Posted on 07/23/2002 2:04:07 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
That can happen for you too if you seek forgiveness for your sins.
Except that child molesters claim to HAVE consent. To them, it is a normal consequence of their sexual orientation.
What about those who left their homosexuality behind via Krishna or Buddha? Are they any less repentant than those who found their way through Jesus?
Know any that we can ask ?????
That's not what the pedophiles say. They say it is a normal, consensual relationship between two people and no one is being harmed.
Surely you don't think we should be suspicious of some behavior when people say their seemingly abnormal behavior is presented as "normal". And surely you don't think that when someone is harmed by a type of behavior that we should automatically suspect that the behavior is wrong. Heaven forbid.
What about the pursuit of happiness for those who practice incest, bestiality, and pedophilia? What about their needs? Why do you protect one perversion over another?
I would say that in some states, laws were in effect for over a century that made acts of sodomy against the law because the general population believed it was wrong. There were even laws enacted AND enforced to combat adultery and fornication. Now you can say one of two things. Either the Founding Fathers, whose peers passed these laws, were not as 'enlightened' as folks have been over the past four decades OR that the morality in this nation has fallen to such a low that doing whatever you want is more important than following the precepts of the Constitution. Surely you're not going to suggest that the Founders of this nation established such Amendments as the 1st, 9th, and 10th, public or private, to condone and approve of the actions of homosexuals are you?
Some states also had laws banning interracial relationships for centuries, for the same reasons? Should those be banned as well or should everyone stay out of each others business and bedrooms?
Thomas Jefferson had a different take on the notion of "consenting adults" and the standing of sodomists before the law.
"Whosoever shall be guilty of Rape, Polygamy, or Sodomy with man or woman shall be punished, if a man, by castration, if a woman, by cutting thro' the cartilage of her nose a hole of one half inch diameter at the least."
Thomas Jefferson, A Bill for Proportioning Crimes and Punishments, 1778
Papers 2:492--504
In addition, The United States Supreme Court has ruled that sodomy laws are not unconstitutional.
That’s a lie and part of the deceit used to justify homosexuality. CONSENT is measured by mental capacity and legal mental capacity is measured by IQ. Many children have the minimum legal IQ for an emancipated individual, those are facts. Just because you keep repeating “children can’t consent” over and over won't make it true no matter how much you want it to be so. Moral clarity for you extends only to the practice of certain perversions; too bad you’re a hypocrite. Why don’t you prove children can’t consent instead of using it as a straw man?
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