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To: sneakypete
Nah,what he is RIGHTLY writing about is the fundie fondness for gleefully screaming "You are going to HELL TO BURN FOREVER!" for having sex of any kind outside of marriage,and their eagerness to put people in jail until they do die for these same "sins".

Funny, the only place I hear such things is on TV shows trying to create a straw man fundamentalist preacher to attack. And please cite for me the last case where the federal government executed or put anyone in jail for having sex outside of marriage (or a state government, for that matter).

There is now plenty of evidence to indicate that the 'sex anywhere, anytime, with anyone, without responsibility' position is dangerous and foolhardy. This is a legitimate reasonable point of view. Most of us that you would consider 'fundies' only demand that the 'sex anywhere, anytime' point of view not be taught to our children in public schools. And unlike your rant, we can point to dozens of cases where exactly that was done, without parents' permission.
45 posted on 03/17/2002 7:30:08 PM PST by Antoninus
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To: Antoninus
Funny, the only place I hear such things is on TV shows trying to create a straw man fundamentalist preacher to attack.

Funny,but I could touch some of these people on any given day. Some are even related to me.

And please cite for me the last case where the federal government executed or put anyone in jail for having sex outside of marriage (or a state government, for that matter).

Sorry,but I don't keep notes on who was the last victim of the morality police. I DO remember one case in Texas years ago that was pretty well-known. A Texas man was given a 10 year jail sentence for having anal sex with his wife,even though she testified it was at her request. The feds had been investigating him for income tax evasion and drug dealing,and caught the whole thing on video tape.

Surely you can't be ignorant of the sodomy laws several states still have? There are also some states where it is illegal for people who aren't married to each other to have sex,and you are reading the words right now of one person who was threatened with arrest by the police after a neighbor complained to them that I was living with a married woman.

46 posted on 03/17/2002 9:05:58 PM PST by sneakypete
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