Planning vacations around sodomy

[russotto]

On another subtopic: Disagreeing with moral relativism does not mean taking a moral stand on every issue. It's perfectly reasonable to believe in moral absolutes without thinking they must apply in any way to sexual preference or to certain sexual acts. It's not moral relativism to say that certain things are morally neutral.

[Undertoad]

One sees what one looks for.

[vsp]

<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/06/26/scotus.sodomy/index.html">Supreme Court strikes down Texas sodomy law</a>

Not only was the Texas law ruled unconstitutional, but <i>Bowers vs. Hardwick</i> is now _toast_, and its reversal eliminates sodomy laws in the other twelve states that had them.

Somewhere, Rick Santorum and Antonin Scalia are calling Suicide Prevention, and hopefully being put on hold.

I'm not sure how many of you here read Dan Savage's column, but for the past few months Santorum has been a frequest discussion topic. He decided to name something awful after santorum, and the readers obliged with thousands of recommendations. After the selection of a few, voters picked the winner. So now, that mixture of feces and lubricant after one engages in anal sex is called "santorum". Spread the word.

(Savage's column next week will include a bit about using the word in conversation. If you'd like to read it, check out http://www.theonionavclub.com)

[99 44/100% pure]

Originally posted by dave
. . . So now, that mixture of feces and lubricant after one engages in anal sex is called "santorum".

Man, that is so much better than the word I've been using all these years! Let's hear it for the living, breathing, dynamic English language! And thanks for keeping us all abreast of sodomy laws. I just wonder if spontaneous stays at the local 'No-Tell-Motel' ("Rooms by the hour -- clean linens $6.50 extra") will be anywhere near as fun, without the thrill of knowing you could get arrested at any moment.

[99 44/100% pure]

Could that photo of Ruth Harlow (in the CNN piece linked above) be any more awful? This was a big opportunity to get positive publicity in heartland America. Instead, this is what they'll get:

Jethro: Damn, Lurleen, lookit how ugly this dyke at the Supreme Court is!

Lurleen: Now, I am all for everyone's rights 'n' all, but if they're allowed to teach in the schools 'n' stuff, all our kids'll start to look like that!


Couldn't the folks at Lambda have at least advised her to use a little less hair gel, and maybe lose the Elvis Costello glasses?

[tw]

In the meantime, New Zealand joins a growing list of countries getting rid of another morality only based law - prostitution.

I think prostitution will eventually be legalized in the United States. In the meantime, I'll have to settle for only four simultaneous sex partners.

[Griff]

Yeh, its pretty boring having a sexual history that fits on your hard drive.

[vsp]

Okay, this is getting too good. All within twenty-four hours:

* The Supreme Court invalidates sodomy laws nationwide
* Strom Thurmond dies
* The new "Ren & Stimpy" features a gleeful, blatant act of dog-on-cat sodomy.

Now, THAT's comedy!

[xoxoxoBruce]

Strom Thurmond dies

Ding Dong the witch is dead.:p

[Griff]

He he right on vsp!

Ya know from the thread name somebody might think we're talking about airport security.

[xoxoxoBruce]

this is from the same country that legalized prostitution?

[Elspode]

I would anticipate a protest from PETA, insisting that human flatulence be taxed as well.

This could well kill the baked bean market.

[Undertoad]

Just thought it would be appropriate to note the latest salvo fired in this battle royale:

Frist Backs Putting Gay Marriage Ban in Constitution

"I have this fear that this zone of privacy that we all want protected in our own homes is gradually -- or I'm concerned about the potential for it gradually being encroached upon, where criminal activity within the home would in some way be condoned," Frist told ABC's "This Week."

That may be the dumbest quote from a pol I've ever heard. Oh, until the next one:

Asked whether he supports an amendment that would ban any marriage in the United States except a union of a man and a woman, Frist said: "I very much feel that marriage is a sacrament, and that sacrament should extend and can extend to that legal entity of a union between -- what is traditionally in our Western values has been defined -- as between a man and a woman. So I would support the amendment."

Understand what the guy wants to do: he wants to Constitutionalize the debate.

First he wants to Federalize the issue -- make it one ruled upon from Washington D.C. and applying universally to all the states, no matter what the states say. Then he wants to tie it into the document that establishes the government of the country, a document we hope is there to guarantee rights, a document we don't want to change easily. And he does it on the basis of religion; that's what he's saying with the word "sacrament".

Taking the culture war to the Constitution on behalf of religion is an abomination. This man is unfit to govern.