[Steve_Seattle]

"What consenting adults do in private is no one's business."

I think this is defensible as a legal principle, but not necessarily as a moral one. Many things go on in private between consenting adults which DO have an impact on society. In fact, most of the behaviors which I mentioned in my earlier post do have some impact on the public - financial, moral, or both. We spend literally billions of dollars every year in this country to deal with the effects of irresponsible sexual behavior that goes on in private between consenting adults.

[Steve_Seattle]

To finish my thought - the public is often expected to pick up the tab for the consequences of "private" behavior between consenting adults - the billions we spend for drug and alcohol treatment, welfare, social workers, crisis intervention, foster care, medical costs, psychiatric care, and on and on.

[Hodar]

We spend literally billions of dollars every year in this country to deal with the effects of irresponsible sexual behavior that goes on in private between consenting adults

So, what is your solution? Have a gov't appointed 'Chaperone' watch over every adult? I for one, don't think the gov't has any business in my bedroom. What I and my wife do, is frankly, none of anyone's business. However, to address your question, I belive my tag-line applies.

[Servant of the Nine]

We spend literally billions of dollars every year in this country to deal with the effects of irresponsible sexual behavior that goes on in private between consenting adults.

The obvious answer is to stop spending the money, not to ban the activity.

So9

[Ciexyz]

The abortion laws are an example of government legislating the private lives of citizens. The courts restrain parents from protecting their children from the dangers of the abortion mills. The courts have ruled that even children under age 18 can petition the court to remove them from parental control so they can have abortions.

[TightSqueeze]

We spend literally billions of dollars every year in this country to deal with the effects of irresponsible sexual behavior that goes on in private between consenting adults.

So what is your answer, a law to prevent what exactly?

First we passed laws to prevent people from smoking pot, now we have a war on drugs and guess what, pot is still being smoked.
The only sure way to stop people from smoking pot you know, is to kill them, same thing goes with sex.

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

Consenting adults in private can engage in a whole host of behavior that we would agree are illegal. If two consenting adults, in the privacy of their home engage in a conspiracy to kill a government official, the conspiracy itself is an illegal act. If the two consenting adults make out a contract to murder someone, the contract is illegal.

The question, therefore, is not one of privacy. The question is one of sexual behavior. In the end, the question must turn on whether one has a fundamental right to engage in sodomy. If the Court says that there is such a right, it must also recognize a right to engage in bestiality or even polygamy.

[Orangedog]

Many things go on in private between consenting adults which DO have an impact on society. In fact, most of the behaviors which I mentioned in my earlier post do have some impact on the public - financial, moral, or both. We spend literally billions of dollars every year in this country to deal with the effects of irresponsible sexual behavior that goes on in private between consenting adults.

The correct course of action here is to STOP SPENDING THE MONEY, NOT give the government more power.