SCOTUS strikes down Texas sodomy ban

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[Thane_Banquo]

SCOTUS sided with the perverts.

[IowaHawk]

I bet you're one of those "people" who want to repeal the odd-even day parking laws, aren't you? Admit it, you latent cannibalistic serial killer!

[jethropalerobber]

The SC just did. Maybe you haven’t been reading this thread?

avoid reality at all costs, blackjack.

[Teacher317]

A right exists regardless of whether, or not, it can be guaranteed by the govm't. Govm'ts role is to protect rights, but there can be no guarantees.

I guess what I mean is that the government could possibly (and should) guarantee/protect them. For Rights like "freedom to have a soul", the government could never address problem. I was leaning more towards the physically "doable" end of things, because of the many etheral rights that the Left would assert as "real" if it weren't stated... like the Right to good Karma, the Right to high self-esteem, the Right to be free from ever being inconvenienced, etc.

[BlazingArizona]

SCOTUS supports right to Privacy.

It went without saying that the Court would strike down this particular Texas law, which allowed "sodomy" for some people but not for others. What was unexpected, and most gratifying, was that the decision goes much further and establishes a general right of privacy.

This is a black day for busybodies nationwide. Three cheers!

[Teacher317]

ROFLMBO!!!

*applause!*

[Trace21230]

“Pedophilia is never consensual because children cannot consent to sex.”

Why not? I’m sure if you call up NAMBLA they’ll give you the names of several kids who want to have sex with older men. Well then, you religious zealot, how dare you impose your morality on them!

I could care less what NAMBLA says, the fact of the matter is that the law in every state that I am aware of requires a person to be an adult in order to consent to sex.

The premise of your argument--that children can consent to sex with adults--is totally false. Yet you unsuprisingly and blithely ignore the unalterable fact that sex with a child is not comparable to consent sex between two mentally competent adults.

In sum, your hysterical claims are totally unpersuasive.

Trace

[NeoCaveman]

Getting the government to pass a law against nose picking is NOT the way this country is set up to run.

Should the SCOTUS void a states anti-nose picking law, hypothetically? Or do states have the right to pass silly laws?

[tdadams]

Laws which keep homosexuality in the closet do, technically, restrict the liberty of the few people wishing to engage in that disgusting behavior. But they enhance the overall liberty of society. Because uncloseted homosexuality goes on a rampage against the liberty of the general populace.

Spare us the usual socialist fallacies. What two consenting adults do in their home does not affect you in any way. Whatever nebulous concern you have about its societal impact is a product of your own neuroses. That is no basis for creating law that abridges another's rights. Your squeemishness about the matter does not take precedence over their right to live in a matter that you may not approve of.

[ffusco]

“Pedophilia is never consensual because children cannot consent to sex.”

Minors cannot consent, nor can they sign contracts. Nor are they held entirely responsible for their actions- because they are a protected class of citizen.

[CholeraJoe]

This is a black day for busybodies nationwide. Three cheers!

Judging from some of the outrageous and narrow-minded comments on this thread, I am inclined to agree with you.

[Trace21230]

Its you who has no argument. Why else would you keep using strawmen that were explicitly addressed in the decision?

Thanks. I think it's evident to any objective observer that his tired arguments are completely devoid of any utility.

Trace

[Chancellor Palpatine]

ROFLMAO - would steal it for a tagline, but it is too long.

[B Knotts]

SCALIA, J., dissenting:

I do not know what "acting in private" means; surely consensual sodomy, like heterosexual intercourse, is rarely performed on stage.

LOL

[Liberal Classic]

I was leaning more towards the physically "doable" end of things, because of the many etheral rights that the Left would assert as "real" if it weren't stated... like the Right to good Karma, the Right to high self-esteem, the Right to be free from ever being inconvenienced, etc.

I am of the opinion that rights are for the most part intangible things, things the government shouldn't be doing to us such as the right to privacy and a right to worship, while the left believes in the right to tangible things such as the right to free housing and the right to free healthcare.

[BlazingArizona]

Deeper into the cesspool we slide.

Hey! I use chlorine in my hot tub.

[huck von finn]

This law in effect, sir, allows women who are sodomized by their husbands to not appeal for a divorce. This is a defacto legalization of abuse.

No, it does not, because in this case you are talking about rape. This law does not address itself to rape.

[The Red Zone]

Such a discussion needs to distinguish contingent political rights from absolute moral rights. Many acts which a political system ought to permit, are still morally wrong. I have no absolute moral right to lie about anything, even something so trivial as what I had for lunch. But I can, and should, have a political right to do so.

[Trace21230]

Judging from some of the outrageous and narrow-minded comments on this thread, I am inclined to agree with you.

Actually, this isn't nearly as bad as I expected it to be.

The usual bedroom police are noticeably absent from this thread today. Perhaps the depression that comes with knowing you are wrong has finally set in.

Trace

[HumanaeVitae]

But since we're not a democracy, this ruling correctly protects the rights of a minority from the tyranny of the majority (read: mob).

Name for me one part of the Constitution that was not voted on.

[VRWC_minion]

hold sway over anything other than adult (

A consenting adult is 16. My daughter is 17. Can I have sex with her ?