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Its the governments job to stay the hell out of my life as much as possible.
Oh, I'm sorry. That just earned you a seat right beside sangha. Buh-bye.
That does not imply such. Just like the number 0 being non-positive and non-negative, there are actions which we would not debate as morally right nor wrong (e.g. breathing). Please work on your logical reasoning skills.
Government regulation of morality/ethical behavior is required for societal stability and is done so through laws preventing violence and the removal of elements that threaten personal freedoms. The balance of this process is corrupted when religion is used for the implementation of these regulations as the laws are inherently biased against anyone of differing opinion.
Unless these regulations fall under these categories:
Prevention of violent action.
Protection of the citizenry.
Infrastructure improvement/creation.
Majority approved Constitutional adjustment.
....and a few others....
The regulation becomes an invasion of rights.
Yes, they CAN and SHOULD be. Of course you need the assistance of the general public to help ferret them out, but the threat of death themselves, if they know and fail to turn someone in is always a useful tool in promoting assistance from the public.
Really? Feelings can be controlled by law. Just how exactly are they suppose to do that? If I feel love there is no law what so ever that can take that love away. If I feel anger, again, there is not a single law out there that can take it away. You're not trying to regulate feelings, you're trying to regulate actions. There is a difference. And a huge one. As such you will never get rid of homosexuality. You might be able to hide it, but you will never get rid of it.
Hiding it would be a good start. Then, slowly over time you root out those dark corners it hides in and burn them to the ground until there is nowhere left for them to hide.
Its been tried before. Homosexuality has been around for thousands of years. It will never happen.
It hasn't worked because the cost to being one, or helping shelter one has not been high enough.
Death isn't high enough? Because that is the price used in the past and currently in some theocratic countries. Yet homosexuality is still here...even in those countries that ban it with penalty of death.
Of course. That's why I wrote what your words implied, *to me.* You are welcome to correct them.
I didnt see you doing so yet.
Prostitution would be totally legal. Of course it would be one of the only vocations a woman would be allowed to engage in, and only with her father/husband's approval.
Heterosexual AND as part of a committed, monogamous relationship. That's the ONLY appropriate form of sexual activity.
Really? Feelings can be controlled by law. Just how exactly are they suppose to do that? If I feel love there is no law what so ever that can take that love away. If I feel anger, again, there is not a single law out there that can take it away. You're not trying to regulate feelings, you're trying to regulate actions. There is a difference. And a huge one. As such you will never get rid of homosexuality. You might be able to hide it, but you will never get rid of it.
If heterosexual and part of a committed monogamous relationship is the only appropriate form of sexual activity, then how can prostitution be legal under your morality laws? You can't even agree with your self.
Tigger said:Welcome to the Ignore List. Enjoy your stay, it's permanent.
Promises, promises
You've said the same thing before, and it was a lie. A Real Man doesn't renege on their vows
You know this. I am certain that you do.
Always wondered about the point of 'ignore.' It only means you can still comment on their posts and they cant defend their posts. Weird.
I love it when people put me on ignore. then i can mock their posts without them knowing it. Plus, even when they put me on ignore, they still get notifications that I've responded to one of their posts.
Plus they'll probably see the response in someone else's response to you.
True, but have their families, their friends, and their co-workers (at times) been punished for failing to see and report it; or for actively supporting it? Has the criminal's family paid the price for their relative's mistakes? THAT is when things truly start to turn.... when it's more beneficial for you to turn in your mom/dad/husband/wife/child than it is not to.
This came up with a discussion with Tigger. Do you guys think it is the job of the government to judge,decide,regulate the morality of the people or that the job of the people and the laws of the government should reflect that?
You're presenting a false dichotomy. It's a cheap trick, and you should feel ashamed.
The government IS the people. If the people have that right, then so does the government.