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Old 05-14-2021, 12:41 PM
 
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Nowadays, I keep seeing conservatives making the argument that anti sodmy laws did not matter because they were not enforced. Here is an example of a guy who got convicted under such law in Idaho back in the 90s and served 7 years in prison. And after he got out Montana fought tooth and nail to keep him on the sex offender registry for having consensual sex.

https://www.kpvi.com/news/national_n...d490406d6.html

Note that the age did not matter. They put him away for 7 years under the sodomy law of the state at the time.

As I have been saying for years, conservatives are the biggest hypocrites alive. They yell out personal freedom but for decades they fought tooth and nail to criminalize personal freedom of gay people.

All conservatives are disgustingly bigots.
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Old 05-14-2021, 12:46 PM
 
Location: Austin TX
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Sodomy laws were ruled unconstitutional eighteen years ago by the Supreme Court. All fifty states recognize this.

Why on earth is your need for outrage so great that you are bringing up settled case law?

Jesus Christ. As a woman I couldn’t vote at one time. The law changed. I can vote now.

We’ve evolved as a country. Have you evolved as a human being?

Live in the now.
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Old 05-14-2021, 12:47 PM
 
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Nowadays, I keep seeing conservatives making the argument that anti sodmy laws did not matter because they were not enforced. Here is an example of a guy who got convicted under such law in Idaho back in the 90s and served 7 years in prison. And after he got out Montana fought tooth and nail to keep him on the sex offender registry for having consensual sex.

https://www.kpvi.com/news/national_n...d490406d6.html

Note that the age did not matter. They put him away for 7 years under the sodomy law of the state at the time.

As I have been saying for years, conservatives are the biggest hypocrites alive. They yell out personal freedom but for decades they fought tooth and nail to criminalize personal freedom of gay people.

All conservatives are disgustingly bigots.
The law was changed, wasn't it?
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Old 05-14-2021, 12:49 PM
 
Location: In a George Strait Song
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I have never fought “tooth and nail to criminalize personal freedoms of gay people”.

I’ve been busy living my own life, raising my children, and so forth.

In my free time I’ve been remodeling my house, with the help of my contractors (a gay couple); listening to music (George Michael is my favorite and as I’m sure you know he was gay); I used to love watching “American Idol” (Clay Aiken and Adam Lambert were my favorites) and “Glee” (Chris Colfer among others)....

I simply don’t care if anyone is gay or straight.
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Old 05-14-2021, 12:49 PM
 
Location: El paso,tx
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Nowadays, I keep seeing conservatives making the argument that anti sodmy laws did not matter because they were not enforced. Here is an example of a guy who got convicted under such law in Idaho back in the 90s and served 7 years in prison. And after he got out Montana fought tooth and nail to keep him on the sex offender registry for having consensual sex.

https://www.kpvi.com/news/national_n...d490406d6.html

Note that the age did not matter. They put him away for 7 years under the sodomy law of the state at the time.

As I have been saying for years, conservatives are the biggest hypocrites alive. They yell out personal freedom but for decades they fought tooth and nail to criminalize personal freedom of gay people.

All conservatives are disgustingly bigots.
You are picking a 30 yr old case so you can condemn conservatives with a broad brush??
Who hired the 1st openly gay US diplomat and acting director of national intelligence? That would be a conservative...Trump.
You are a hypocrite, considering the cries of racism from your party, and then having your party call tim scott an oreo, and Uncle Tim.
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Old 05-14-2021, 12:49 PM
 
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All conservatives are disgustingly bigots.
Are all liberals pink haired, screeching, overweight, unmarried harpies?

Stereotype much?

Good grief.
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Old 05-14-2021, 01:12 PM
 
Location: Currently in Florida for a little while
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Well, considering the majority of homosexual men are infected with intestinal parasites and have high rates of HIV/AIDS, I can kind of see why sodomy laws exist. It's for their own benefit, you know, so they don't get sick & die!

In a controlled study 67.5% of 200 homosexual men but only 16% of 100 heterosexual men were found to be infected with intestinal parasites.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1704818/
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Old 05-14-2021, 03:25 PM
 
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Sodomy laws were ruled unconstitutional eighteen years ago by the Supreme Court. All fifty states recognize this.

Why on earth is your need for outrage so great that you are bringing up settled case law?

Jesus Christ. As a woman I couldn’t vote at one time. The law changed. I can vote now.

We’ve evolved as a country. Have you evolved as a human being?

Live in the now.
And you guys voted GWB, a champion of sodmy laws in Texas when he was governor there, into the white house. And now that we have won that argument, you guys are pretending like you never tried to imprison me.

Once evil always evil. And conservatives were once evil enough to throw people in prison for years for having consensual sex.
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Old 05-14-2021, 03:32 PM
 
Location: Austin TX
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And you guys voted GWB, a champion of sodmy laws in Texas when he was governor there, into the white house. And now that we have won that argument, you guys are pretending like you never tried to imprison me.

Once evil always evil. And conservatives were once evil enough to throw people in prison for years for having consensual sex.
Oh spare me your thespian antics here. What are you - late 30's? 40? There hasn't been sodomy laws since you were in your late teens. Nobody wants to imprison you for being gay or for enjoying anal sex. In fact, did you know that straight people enjoy anal sex, too?

Get. Over. Yourself.
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Old 05-14-2021, 03:54 PM
 
Location: Atlanta, GA
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Nobody wants to imprison you for being gay or for enjoying anal sex.
Obviously a false statement. By my estimation, over 60 million American adults still want to do that.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/1651/ga...an-rights.aspx (1/4 of adult population still believed that consensual gay sex should be illegal in 2020).

Though I understand why you might want to deny the bigotry that still exists regarding this issue on the right, as it's certainly not a good look.
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