Figured this would be posted before long, so I went ahead and did it...
Rhea Co. commissioners want to ban sodomy
March 16, 2004
DAYTON (AP) -- Rhea County commissioners want to ban acts of sodomy.
The commissioners unanimously passed a motion Tuesday asking its state representatives to introduce legislation that would allow the county to charge homosexuals with crimes against nature.
For Commissioner J.C. Fugate, the issue is simple. He wants to keep homosexuals "out of here." Fugate says he offered to the motion because of recent events concerning gay marriage throughout the nation.
There was little discussion before the 8-to-0 vote in favor of the measure. Commissioner Jimmy Barnes was absent.
The issue was not on the commission's agenda, but some members of the audience applauded when Fugate brought it up.
The Rhea County Courthouse in Dayton, site of the famed "Scopes Monkey Trial," is an international tourist attraction. In 1925, high school teacher John T. Scopes was convicted of teaching evolution and fined $100. The conviction was later overturned.
Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
WTF is wrong with them? I want to make it clear that most of us aren't like this. Heck, everyone I know from Rhea county is perfectly reasonable, not idiotic like this. With the problems (not like this) we've had with my local county commission, I wonder if it's a requirement that they be moronic idiots to be elected.
Nathan F wrote:WTF is wrong with them? I want to make it clear that most of us aren't like this. Heck, everyone I know from Rhea county is perfectly reasonable, not idiotic like this.
I'd say that 8-0 vote and the audience applause indicate that a fairly large proportion of the people in Rhea county are, in fact, like this. They're fucking proud of the statehouse where the Scopes show trial was held!
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Oh well, even if this insane law does get passed, I'd love to see the dipshits try to enforce it. What are they going to do, mount cameras in the bedrooms of every home? If anyone gay or bi on this board lives there, I'd be willing to travel down there and give a rebellious fuck for freedom.
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Great. ANOTHER reason to be ashamed of my adopted home state. GODDAMMIT! Why are people so adamantly against homosexuality?! LIVE AND FUCKING LET LIVE!
But it's AGAINST THE BIBLE!
A) So? What do you care? They're going to hell for it, right? More speace in heaven for you, Back off.
it's IMMORAL!
A) By whos standards? Yours? Think the gladiatoral games were thought of as immoral in Rome? Probably by a FEW, but by and large, they were accepted. Would this not be an outrage by today's standards?
What's your point?
A) Morals change. Quit being a blockhead.
The Fabric of society will be torn Asunder!! What will the children think?
A) Probably nothing. It is my experience (Having been a child myself) that children are far more concerned with the outcome of their favorite cartoon, and formulate opinions on social issues much later on.
They'll put a strain on the economy with the marriage tax relief and so on and so forth and all of these things!
A) No more than regular married couples. Quit being an asshole.
It's unnatural!
A) As evidenced by animals worldwide exhibiting homosexual behaviors and forming lifetime partnerships with members of the same sex. Reference penguins made so popular of late at a zoo I can't think of the name of, right?
But, But...
A) Shut up. Go win a Darwimn award!
What?
A) Never mind. it is amazing to me how you manage to walk erect without dragging your knuckles.
Oni Koneko Damien wrote:Oh well, even if this insane law does get passed, I'd love to see the dipshits try to enforce it. What are they going to do, mount cameras in the bedrooms of every home? If anyone gay or bi on this board lives there, I'd be willing to travel down there and give a rebellious fuck for freedom.
Oni Koneko Damien wrote:Oh well, even if this insane law does get passed, I'd love to see the dipshits try to enforce it. What are they going to do, mount cameras in the bedrooms of every home? If anyone gay or bi on this board lives there, I'd be willing to travel down there and give a rebellious fuck for freedom.
Don't laugh. A gay couple in Texas was arrested a while ago after their neighbours maliciously called a false report of domestic violence into the police while they were having sex. When the police burst into their bedroom and found them having sex, they arrested them for sodomy.
"It's not evil for God to do it. Or for someone to do it at God's command."- Jonathan Boyd on baby-killing
"you guys are fascinated with the use of those "rules of logic" to the extent that you don't really want to discussus anything."- GC
"I do not believe Russian Roulette is a stupid act" - Embracer of Darkness
"Viagra commercials appear to save lives" - tharkûn on US health care.
Oni Koneko Damien wrote:Oh well, even if this insane law does get passed, I'd love to see the dipshits try to enforce it. What are they going to do, mount cameras in the bedrooms of every home? If anyone gay or bi on this board lives there, I'd be willing to travel down there and give a rebellious fuck for freedom.
Don't laugh. A gay couple in Texas was arrested a while ago after their neighbours maliciously called a false report of domestic violence into the police while they were having sex. When the police burst into their bedroom and found them having sex, they arrested them for sodomy.
I guess this mean you will not go to Texas
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Oni Koneko Damien wrote:Oh well, even if this insane law does get passed, I'd love to see the dipshits try to enforce it. What are they going to do, mount cameras in the bedrooms of every home? If anyone gay or bi on this board lives there, I'd be willing to travel down there and give a rebellious fuck for freedom.
Don't think that the ACLU or some other such organization isn't planning to infiltrate "fuck teams" to the county as we speak.
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neoolong wrote:Montcalm, the law against sodomy was ruled unconstitutional.
That didn't stop the police from locking up this gay couple, fucking up their lives for quite a long time, and not apologizing for it. The same could happen to some unfortunate couple in Tennessee; the fact that you win via court challenge does not mean you did not have to go through a terrible experience that should never have happened in the first place, and they are under no obligation to compensate you for this.
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So does the anit-sodomy law apply to hetrosexual couples?
Η ζωή, η ζωή εδω τελειώνει!
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Crown wrote:So does the anit-sodomy law apply to hetrosexual couples?
I know that many of the anti-sodomy laws on the books do, although some of them do contain exemptions for heterosexual married couples. Of course, they're technically unenforceable, but that wouldn't stop some small-town sheriff from locking you up and forcing you to challenge the local municipal bylaw in court.
"It's not evil for God to do it. Or for someone to do it at God's command."- Jonathan Boyd on baby-killing
"you guys are fascinated with the use of those "rules of logic" to the extent that you don't really want to discussus anything."- GC
"I do not believe Russian Roulette is a stupid act" - Embracer of Darkness
"Viagra commercials appear to save lives" - tharkûn on US health care.
Crown wrote:So does the anit-sodomy law apply to hetrosexual couples?
I know that many of the anti-sodomy laws on the books do, although some of them do contain exemptions for heterosexual married couples. Of course, they're technically unenforceable, but that wouldn't stop some small-town sheriff from locking you up and forcing you to challenge the local municipal bylaw in court.
You know this is fucked up. Right wingers hate big government, they want government small ... small enough that it fits inside two grown adult's bedroom. Tragic irorny?
Η ζωή, η ζωή εδω τελειώνει!
"Science is one cold-hearted bitch with a 14" strap-on" - Masuka 'Dexter'
"Angela is not the woman you think she is Gabriel, she's done terrible things"
"So have I, and I'm going to do them all to you." - Sylar to Arthur 'Heroes'
Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart had a brilliant exchange on The Daily Show about this topic, after Colbert got through "arguing" against gay marriage ...
STEWART: Well, Stephen, if we're going to defend marriage, then shouldn't we outlaw things like adultery and infidelity?
COLBERT: Woah, woah, there Comrade. Keep your goose-stepping jackboot out of my bedroom!
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Durandal wrote:Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart had a brilliant exchange on The Daily Show about this topic, after Colbert got through "arguing" against gay marriage ...
STEWART: Well, Stephen, if we're going to defend marriage, then shouldn't we outlaw things like adultery and infidelity?
COLBERT: Woah, woah, there Comrade. Keep your goose-stepping jackboot out of my bedroom!
*Grumbles that we don't get the Daily Show in Oz*
We used to have a similar show Backburner it got pulled off the air, then we got the Daily Show during the War in Iraq on SBS, and now nadda.
Η ζωή, η ζωή εδω τελειώνει!
"Science is one cold-hearted bitch with a 14" strap-on" - Masuka 'Dexter'
"Angela is not the woman you think she is Gabriel, she's done terrible things"
"So have I, and I'm going to do them all to you." - Sylar to Arthur 'Heroes'
This isn't just banning gay sex, you can't walk through Rhea county wearing pride clothing or anything similar. according to this. They're not just banning gay sex, they're banning BEING GAY. It'd be like banning having blue eyes.
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This depends on what you mean by "change." Morals only really change based on the environment and what you are actually able to do when trying to follow a set of guidlines.
