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Old 06-30-2003, 01:04 PM   #32
vsp
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Originally posted by SteveDallas
Now, the other thing is... if you're going to offer this line of argument about marriage....... isn't the logical conclusion that sexual activity between a man and a woman who are not married should be made illegal?
In some states, it _was_ illegal. (I say "was" because I'm not _entirely_ sure if Lawrence invalidated fornication laws as well as sodomy laws. There may well be another court challenge down the road.)

Looking at this <a href="http://www.sodomy.org/laws/">handy chart</a>, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia all had anti-fornication statutes on the books. North Carolina even banned "opposite sexes occupying the same bedroom at a hotel for immoral purposes, falsely registering as husband and wife," for cryin' out loud. I believe some other states still had laws that prohibited having sex with someone who believed that they'd be marrying you, and then breaking off the relationship. Potentially tacky, yes, but illegal?

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Originally posted by dave
http://www.cellar.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2871
Heh. Okay, THAT church was a problem, but screaming at the PUC and the utility company itself has kept the calls away for a while now.
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