Bob Lee said:J. Walter Weatherman said:Bob Lee said:J. Walter Weatherman said:Bob Lee said:J. Walter Weatherman said:Dies Irae said:Doesn't have to be punishable by death. The best laws are the ones that don't need to be enforced. Keeping it illegal keeps it away from public consumption, keeps it out of mainstreet. That's the goal.J. Walter Weatherman said:Dies Irae said:J. Walter Weatherman said:Dies Irae said:
I am trying to wrap my head around "if X leads to the end of all life as we know it, stopping it is a violation of human rights"
I have to say this entire discourse makes more sense if viewed through that lens
How does two consenting adults doing something in the privacy of their home "end life as we know it"?
If it's in the privacy of their homes how do we know about it? And the statement was in response to the poster who said "even if it's an existential threat it still shouldn't be curtailed because liberty "
Why does it need to be illegal and punishable by death if you won't know about it and it has zero impact on anyone besides those two individuals?
I would argue the best laws are ones that actually protect people from being harmed. Sounds like you think legislating private lives based on your personal worldview is more important.
I'm convinced of the harm that has befallen the young in our country as a result of a pervasive culture of promiscuity, pornography, disordered sexual behavior, debauchery, sex before marriage, fatherless homes, no fault divorce, etc. Do you agree that we've been harmed by these things? Gay marriage, IVF, surrogacy, and gay adoption are a big part of the problem. If you wanted to root these things out, I'm curious how all of you would approach it if not through some statute that has teeth. I'm not going to defend this law in particular because I don't know the particulars, but philosophically I'm not opposed to making unnatural sex against the law.
How does two consenting individuals having what you consider "unnatural sex" in the privacy of their home impact you?
Did you read what I wrote? If the culture only existed in our periphery and in the privacy of people's homes, we wouldn't need to have this discussion. You would not hear any complaints out of me if that were the case.
You have no evidence that one leads to the others, just your opinion. Thankfully you don't get to force your views on people who objectively have done nothing that impacts your day to day life.
It's self evident. Gay couples adopting children doesn't happen in the privacy of their bedroom, and it doesn't happen in a vacuum. IVF and surrogacy don't happen in the privacy of people's bedrooms. Those involve children, and they are clearly violative of children's rights. There's a direct line between the redefinition of marriage to include couplings who never intend to remain faithful for life, and same sex couplings, etc. to a perceived right to bring children into existence through unnatural and monstrous technical procedures.
How do any of those impact your daily life? Do you think a child is better off in a foster care (or worse) situation or with two loving gay parents? It's still your opinion, which you're welcome to have because we live in America, but you don't get to force that opinion on others.