SCOTUS Opens The Barn Door
By John David Powell (07/04/03)
When the Supreme Court stamped its seal of approval on acts of sodomy between and among consenting adults of all genders, the usual suspects raised their voices in dismay. Some saw the decision as further erosion of states’ rights; others saw it as further erosion of religious and family values.
These are typical responses by folks who just cannot see the big picture, the real consequences, the barn doors that can’t be closed.
Nope. I am not referring to the redemption of Bill Clinton, who no longer is a sodomite in the eyes of the law of the nine states that banned certain sex acts among a man, a woman, and a fine cigar.
I am referring to what amounts to open season on pets and other animals.
What mystifies me is why the PETA people haven’t picked up their posters to picket politicians into passing protective parameters for pooches and petting zoo denizens? Don’t pooh-pooh this problem, my friends.
When the good folks of several states set out to legislate the bedroom activities of their neighbors and kin through the passage of anti-sodomy laws, they tossed in wording to include animals among the forbidden partners in crimes against nature committed by their neighbors and kin.
All of that has changed, thanks to two-thirds of the Supremes. For instance:
In Idaho, sex with animals no longer is an “infamous crime against nature,” punishable by imprisonment of between five years to life.
In Oklahoma, dating cows no longer is a “detestable and abominable crime against nature,” punishable by no more than 20 years in the state pen.
In Louisiana, engaging in “unnatural carnal copulation” with an animal no longer runs the risk of up to five years in prison and/or a fine of $2,000. I assume “natural” carnal copulation with an animal was always OK.
In Kansas, “criminal sodomy” with an animal no longer lands you, your neighbor, or kin in the pokey (sorry about that, but you knew it was coming) for six months with a possible fine of $1,000.
This Kansas thing makes me wonder how many jayhawks thought about it and just said: “Aw, to heck with it. I can do six months on my head.”
The problem here is that striking down a law puts the kibosh on the entire statute. There’s no cherry picking. So, when the Supreme Court of the United States nixed the Texas statute on deviate sexual intercourse and homosexual conduct, it did not say subsection (a) is out, but subsection (b) is OK. It’s an all-or-nothing thing.
The Supreme Court’s decision, therefore, means no “mankind or beast” is safe in South Carolina from the “abominable crime of buggery,” also known as the only law in the United States of America designed specifically to protect the citizenry from members of the British Royal Navy.
Now that buggery and bestiality are legal practices in the privacy of one’s home, can polygamy be far behind? Of course, any man dumb enough to be married to more than one woman at a time, and under the same roof, deserves his hell on earth!
If you think Texas is rough on gay sex, try cruising in, say, Iran.
The definition of sodomy over in the land of a thousand ayatollahs is simply sexual intercourse between or among men (as in males) and punishable by death, as long as both parties are mature, of sound mind, and have free will. Anyone not meeting any of these criteria, but found guilty, will receive 74 lashes and will be asked repeatedly: “Who’s your daddy?”
Proof of sodomy takes more than a couple of cops breaking into your home and catching you with your pants down. It takes four cops, actually, or at least the testimony of four righteous men who might have observed it. Or by you confessing four times. If fewer than four righteous men who might have observed it finger you, then you go free and the righteous witnesses taste the lash.
Testimony by a woman or the entire female population, regardless of righteousness, will never be allowed in an Islamic court. That’s because Islamic women should be at home all the time and not out running around where they might spot the occasional act of sodomy.
Also, when it comes to sodomy, Islamic women get off differently than men. For instance, even though Islamic law requires the testimony of four righteous men who might have observed an act of lesbianism between or among women, the punishment is only 100 lashes. The fourth conviction, however, carries the death sentence.
And that’s what makes this country so great. Social conservatives over there will kill you if they don’t like your sexual practices; over here, they’ll just call you nasty names and hate you for the rest of your life.
First published at www.EtherZone.com
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