Some States Still Haven't Dropped Laws Against Sodomy (Mexican, illegal, marijuana)

[StillwaterTownie]

I reckon religious conservatives want to use state government to get it across to homosexuals that what they do is a criminal act. Neither mind heterosexuals who indulge it with the opposite sex.

Why Do Virginia, 13 Other States Want To Keep Their Anti-Sodomy Laws A Decade After SCOTUS Ban?

[pghquest]

Doesnt matter.. The Supreme Court ruling renders the laws unenforceable. Most of us learned this in elementary school.

The fact that the laws are on the books, simply means there was no need to go through the steps to remove them..

Care to share with me how many people have been jailed?

[StillwaterTownie]

Originally Posted by pghquest

Doesnt matter.. The Supreme Court ruling renders the laws unenforceable. Most of us learned this in elementary school.

The fact that the laws are on the books, simply means there was no need to go through the steps to remove them..

Care to share with me how many people have been jailed?

Such laws are useful for harassing homosexuals. To quote from the article:

"....anti-sodomy laws are far from meaningless relics. In 2008, North Carolina used its statute to arrest two men who had engaged in consensual sex. (The charges were later dropped.)

[pghquest]

Originally Posted by StillwaterTownie

Such laws are useful for harassing homosexuals. To quote from the article:

"....anti-sodomy laws are far from meaningless relics. In 2008, North Carolina used its statute to arrest two men who had engaged in consensual sex. (The charges were later dropped.) And in 2011, police in El Paso, Texas, kicked a pair of gay men out of a Mexican restaurant for "homosexual conduct." No citation was ever issued."

There are lots of laws on the books used to "harass" individuals. Tell me how removing them, stops the harrassment?

I once was threatened with being arrested for sticking up my middle finger, despite the Supreme Court ruling that its first amendment speech. I've also fought my township over dumping soil in my yard without permission, despite the fact that FEMA declared the area a flood zone and issued a permit to do so, and the federal government ruled townships didnt have jurisdiction.

Governments harrass, its what they do, and why I object to big brother non stop. Look at California, and their removal of marijuana laws, but that doesnt stop people from being arrested for smoking it.

[StillwaterTownie]

Originally Posted by pghquest

There are lots of laws on the books used to "harass" individuals. Tell me how removing them, stops the harrassment?

People need to say NO to harrassment. At least, hopefully, unjust harassment doesn't lead to prison time.

Meanwhile, Montana, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas still have laws specifically outlawing sodomy between homosexuals. It will be interesting to see if those states will bother dropping those laws before they decide it's legally ok to issue same sex marriage licenses.

[Harrier]

I think that the states probally have more pressing issues to deal with than officially repealing an unenforceable law.

The lefties must be bored.

They sure are starting a lot of pointless threads tonight.

[StillwaterTownie]

Originally Posted by Harrier

I think that the states probally have more pressing issues to deal with than officially repealing an unenforceable law.

Yeah state conservative legislators need to get on the ball and ban UN Agenda 21, Sharia law, make more strict immigration laws, and issue a resolution to the U. S. Supreme Court in support of marriage as only meaning between one man and one woman.

[TheDragonslayer]

Originally Posted by StillwaterTownie

Yeah state conservative legislators need to get on the ball and ban UN Agenda 21, Sharia law, make more strict immigration laws, and issue a resolution to the U. S. Supreme Court in support of marriage as only meaning between one man and one woman.

I see, the intent if your thread, it is anti gay marriage. We do not need a resolution creating more discrimination. DOMA is already that and is ruled unconstitutional.

[Chimuelojones]

Originally Posted by Harrier

I think that the states probally have more pressing issues to deal with than officially repealing an unenforceable law.

The lefties must be bored.

They sure are starting a lot of pointless threads tonight.

Yea, this thread is BS...Im gonna go post some more on that had hitting thread "Is AF 1 a civilian airliner???"

That thread is so much less boring. I got a ton of regurgitated one-liner jabs yet to use.

[rw47]

Really?

These laws are not enforced. There are all kinds of ridiculous laws still on the books from two hundred years ago that no one has bothered to repeal.

I think you're just looking for something to get up in arms about.