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To: little jeremiah

Funny that the Founders were much more moral than we are, and yet completely forgot to add your morality clauses into the Constitution.


321 posted on 11/08/2010 7:36:00 PM PST by Dead Corpse (III, Alarm and Muster)
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To: Dead Corpse

No, but states were not prevented from laws against, for instance, sodomy. Such laws were not considered unconstitutional in the least.

I don’t know why you think I want “morality clauses” in the Constitution. I just want states to be able to govern themselves as they should be able to according the Constitution, and the fedgov to limit itself as it ought, according to the Constitution.


323 posted on 11/08/2010 7:47:56 PM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.CSLewis)
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To: Dead Corpse; little jeremiah
I'm going to bed but thought that I'd interject that sodomy laws were state laws.

The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers - The History of Sodomy Laws in the United States

324 posted on 11/08/2010 7:50:45 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (If Bam is the answer, the question was stupid.)
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