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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

absolutely not.


15 posted on 08/24/2004 1:59:31 PM PDT by jerrydavenport
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To: jerrydavenport
But by what logic can you maintain the stigma against those acts? If freedom means "freedom for everyone" then it means freedom for everyone, even those you find most intolerable.

I know I won't win this argument. I think that many good hearted people (I used to be one) really want to just ignore this and live and let live. I have changed my mind on the subject because I have realized that in this case, it is impossible. When the SCOTUS made sodomy a constitutional right, they took away the logical foundation for many things we value. The courts will keep equating their constitutionally protected sex act with normal sex in any way they can. If they can't get the word "marriage" then they will get everything but. If someone has a mind to, they can sue and demand constitutional protection for other bedroom behaviors. And who is to say that age matters. It doesn't in abortion. It likely won't regarding sodomy (see Kansas Matthew Limon case).

Gay activists have been at this a long time. They know that they must first establish legal precedents and foundations. They package these things in pretty liberty language, but don't kid yourself. You'd better not be for anything on their side until you get an attorney to look at the full ramifications.

22 posted on 08/24/2004 2:08:54 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Legislatures are so outdated. If you want real political victory, take your issue to court.)
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