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Mass. bill would require divorcing parents to obtain judge’s approval for sex

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The Massachusetts legislature is conducting hearings Wednesday on a bill that would bar divorcing couples with children from carrying on a sexual relationship while in their own home.
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What ****ing business is it of the government to monitor who has sex with whom?

I have a better bill. It's called the DanaRhea None of Your Damn Business Bill. It reads like this:

To the Massachussets legislature: **** you!!

Article is here.
 
Clearly he must be a small government republican type! lol
 
That's ridiculous. I mean, I get that having sex two doors down from your sleeping children with somebody who isn't their other BIO parent in the middle of a divorce might further damage the child....but a lot of other crap that occurs during a divorce is much more damaging. Like parents who insist on talking crap about the other parent, either direct to or in front of the child.
 
danarhea said:
What ****ing business is it of the government to monitor who has sex with whom?

I have a better bill. It's called the DanaRhea None of Your Damn Business Bill. It reads like this:

To the Massachussets legislature: **** you!!

Article is here.
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Them yankees have always been afraid of fun to the extent that they don't trust anyone who knows how to have fun, except for politicians. If they are busy screwing each other, they have less time to screw the public.
BTW, I haven't read the link, but it is just their own homes? no mention of barns?
 
UtahBill said:
Them yankees have always been afraid of fun to the extent that they don't trust anyone who knows how to have fun, except for politicians. If they are busy screwing each other, they have less time to screw the public.
BTW, I haven't read the link, but it is just their own homes? no mention of barns?
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I read it. It's just the homes of the respective parents.

What's interesting, though, is that it's all been brought about because one constituent encouraged a state rep to draft the legislation after going through a bitter, vicious divorce. Talk about the minority ruling the majority.
 
Oh the father is from Wrentham. They are wicked weird down there.
 
danarhea said:
What ****ing business is it of the government to monitor who has sex with whom?

I have a better bill. It's called the DanaRhea None of Your Damn Business Bill. It reads like this:

To the Massachussets legislature: **** you!!

Article is here.
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Not the first or last idiotic law from state legislatives. I remember the state that banned dildos, or the state where some wacko tried to ban books with "homosexual" stuff in them and the list goes on and on.
 
First off, the bill is going nowhere. What the legislature as a whole is doing is what it is supposed to do, respond to introduced bills. The bill is the responsibility of one guy, the senate minority leader.
 
tessaesque said:
I read it. It's just the homes of the respective parents.

What's interesting, though, is that it's all been brought about because one constituent encouraged a state rep to draft the legislation after going through a bitter, vicious divorce. Talk about the minority ruling the majority.
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Nowadays, a person who only screws his/her first spouse is in the minority....
They should be identified as a protected species.
 
Redress said:
First off, the bill is going nowhere. What the legislature as a whole is doing is what it is supposed to do, respond to introduced bills. The bill is the responsibility of one guy, the senate minority leader.
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And I think we now know why he is the minority leader. LOL.
 
danarhea said:
What ****ing business is it of the government to monitor who has sex with whom?
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If you want a real answer, the government is the issuing authority of the license, and thus holds jurisdiction over the divorce.

That's who they are, now on to the merits and flaws of this specific piece of regulation.

danarhea said:
I have a better bill. It's called the DanaRhea None of Your Damn Business Bill. It reads like this:

To the Massachussets legislature: **** you!!

Article is here.
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Hyper-emotional sensationalism is counter productive. You haven't articulated actual support for privacy by doing so.


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I need you to understand that among consenting adults, pretty much anything goes. The difference here is that not everyone in this household is a consenting adult. The live-in-boyfriend is a family dynamic which proves to be dysfunctional the majority of the time. It causes undue stress on the children who are already dealing with the loss of their intact family.

I completely support this kind of regulation, and I would further support extending it beyond finalization of the divorce, through the entire time said minor children are living in the home. Such relationships are unspeakably destructive to children.
 
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tessaesque said:
That's ridiculous. I mean, I get that having sex two doors down from your sleeping children with somebody who isn't their other BIO parent in the middle of a divorce might further damage the child....but a lot of other crap that occurs during a divorce is much more damaging. Like parents who insist on talking crap about the other parent, either direct to or in front of the child.
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The existence of other problems does not negate the existence of this problem. Those other problems you mention should also be addressed, in addition to, not instead of, this dysfunctional dynamic.
 
Jerry said:
The existence of other problems does not negate the existence of this problem. Those other problems you mention should also be addressed, in addition to, not instead of, this dysfunctional dynamic.
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My dad remarrying my stepmother was far more beneficial to me than him living on his own. You make these broad, ill-conceived generalizations based on some warped view of reality, Jerry. Surely you understand that your views are very, very limited amongst a very small, radicalized group of people, right?
 
tessaesque said:
My dad remarrying my stepmother was far more beneficial to me than him living on his own.
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We all have personal experiences to draw from, but as they are subjective to us individually they aren't of any value objectively. For example, I can document how my X's relationship with Jody has harmed both of my boys, and the day will come where she will have to answer for it in court. However, that doesn't really mean anything to you because you don't personally know me or anyone involved.

tessaesque said:
You make these broad, ill-conceived generalizations based on some warped view of reality, Jerry. Surely you understand that your views are very, very limited amongst a very small, radicalized group of people, right?
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As a veteran troll myself, you will have to do much better than that to get under my skin.

Even if your claim were true, the number of people who subscribe to a 'view of reality' does not change what actual reality is, either way. There once was a time where the majority of people thought the Earth was flat and space flight was impossible, but majority opinion didn't make them factually accurate.

The fact remains that the existence of other problems does not negate the existence of any specific problem. If you have a sore back, bankruptcy and a home fire don't negate your back problem.
 
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UtahBill said:
Them yankees have always been afraid of fun to the extent that they don't trust anyone who knows how to have fun, except for politicians. If they are busy screwing each other, they have less time to screw the public.
BTW, I haven't read the link, but it is just their own homes? no mention of barns?
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We Southerners aren't much better: We have a guy who wants to make it illegal for a teacher to mention that gay people even exist (it's a misdemeanor if they do)
Senate delays anti-gay bill, passes measure to study issue in Tenn. curriculum

AND a law that may pass that will let the Governor determine that any organization or group are materially giving aid to terrorists at his whim - providing no evidence to a judge, the state legislature or anything. This particular state senator wants to include Vanderbilt University on his list of organizations giving material aid to terrorists.
Ketron hands out anti-mosque video | The Tennessean | tennessean.com

At least, if I lived in Massachusetts, I wouldn't fear this terrible bill passing.

Here, our legislature (especially this year) passes ridiculous **** all the time.
 
Jerry said:
We all have personal experiences to draw from, but as they are subjective to us individually they aren't of any value objectively. For example, I can document how my X's relationship with Jody has harmed both of my boys, and the day will come where she will have to answer for it in court. However, that doesn't really mean anything to you because you don't personally know me or anyone involved.



As a veteran troll myself, you will have to do much better than that to get under my skin.

Even if your claim were true, the number of people who subscribe to a 'view of reality' does not change what actual reality is, either way. There once was a time where the majority of people thought the Earth was flat and space flight was impossible, but majority opinion didn't make them factually accurate.
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The difference is, your ill-conceived claims are almost always disputed by countless studies and multiple papers written on those subjects. Or, in many other cases, your point is so absurdly outside the realm of consideration that it just doesn't matter.

Not trying to get under your skin, just trying to politely inform you that you're not likely to ever see your radica view realized.
 
tessaesque said:
The difference is, your ill-conceived claims are almost always disputed by countless studies and multiple papers written on those subjects. Or, in many other cases, your point is so absurdly outside the realm of consideration that it just doesn't matter.

Not trying to get under your skin, just trying to politely inform you that you're not likely to ever see your radica view realized.
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:lol: A good lair would at least produce such studies from time to time :2wave:
 
FilmFestGuy said:
We Southerners aren't much better: We have a guy who wants to make it illegal for a teacher to mention that gay people even exist (it's a misdemeanor if they do)
Senate delays anti-gay bill, passes measure to study issue in Tenn. curriculum
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You're article says nothing of the sort. While I disagree with leaving out homosexuality in the coarse, there is nothing barring a teacher from adding their own supplementary content. Even if the material doesn't count towards a grade, they can still include it so long as it doesn't interfere with the required material.

FilmFestGuy said:
AND a law that may pass that will let the Governor determine that any organization or group are materially giving aid to terrorists at his whim - providing no evidence to a judge, the state legislature or anything. This particular state senator wants to include Vanderbilt University on his list of organizations giving material aid to terrorists.
Ketron hands out anti-mosque video | The Tennessean | tennessean.com
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I think the Governor is perhaps a little to close, personally, to the issue. While such a law may have merit, I'm sure there's a better venue to consider it.
 
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