American Religious Nutcases Responsible For Homosexuals Being Executed?

[GhostWriter16]

I think the confusion is that subsequent to the Supreme Court decision that no DA has prosecuted those charges by the police. But some police departments continue to enforce those laws and they continue to harass gays under those statutes because the state legislators refuse to take the laws off the books.

But prior to 2003, many people were indeed tried and convicted of sodomy. It wasn't frequently done, but it was done. That is why the Texas case made it to the Supreme Court in the first place. Now, they are just arrested and tried under other laws if the DA wishes to proceed.

It still isn't a regular occurrence though. The general point of my original post stands, even if there were inaccuracies in the portion that mentions Texas. It is my understanding that Sodomy was only prosecuted in Texas under rare circumstances.

 

[Formaldehyde]

Once again, it wasn't that rare. It just wasn't pervasive. They typically didn't go out of their way to deliberately harass suspected gays as they did with other suspected criminals. But they certainly usually busted them whenever they discovered it, especially in public. In the case that went to the Supreme Court, the couple were engaged in sexual activity in their own bedroom.

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=000&invol=02-102

Responding to a reported weapons disturbance in a private residence, Houston police entered petitioner Lawrence's apartment and saw him and another adult man, petitioner Garner, engaging in a private, consensual sexual act. Petitioners were arrested and convicted of deviate sexual intercourse in violation of a Texas statute forbidding two persons of the same sex to engage in certain intimate sexual conduct. In affirming, the State Court of Appeals held, inter alia, that the statute was not unconstitutional under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The court considered Bowers v. Hardwick, 478 U. S. 186, controlling on that point.

 

[useless]

god's law is incredibly outdated, doesn't deal with many aspects of the laws, and just isn't applicable to this day and age, alas.

 

[MobBoss]

god's law is incredibly outdated, doesn't deal with many aspects of the laws, and just isn't applicable to this day and age, alas.

Well, if you are referring to the law of Moses, i'd say yes. But what God desires people to do isnt outdated at all.

 

[GhostWriter16]

Well, if you are referring to the law of Moses, i'd say yes. But what God desires people to do isnt outdated at all.

He is sort of talking about the law of Moses. But he shouldn't have been, because I was talking about the MORAL law of God, not the ceremonial laws (What to eat, what to wear, exc.)

 

[useless]

Since you talk about it repeatedly, why not explain to the rest of us, what this "Moral" law of god is?

 

[GhostWriter16]

Since you talk about it repeatedly, why not explain to the rest of us, what this "Moral" law of god is?

The words of God in the Bible.

Most specifically the New Testament (The Old Testament is still used, but the Mosaic Law isn't used today.)

 

[useless]

Be more specific, can you give us the list of Moral Laws?

 

[GhostWriter16]

Be more specific, can you give us the list of Moral Laws?

There are a lot of them, most of which are generally agreed upon, don't steal, don't kill, love your neighbor, exc.

It so happens that Don't have sex outside marriage is one of those laws

 

[useless]

It still sounds very vague and nebulous.

 

[GamezRule]

ARE U SERIOUS?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments

 

[Ajidica]

Fun Fact: The First Commandment doesn't say other Gods don't exist, merely that the God that brought them out of Egypt is the one they should worship.

 

[holy king]

roman law and subsequently civil law are older than christianity. the new testament certainly isnt basis for any kind of actually existing legal code, so why even bring it into this?

 

[Bootstoots]

A question to all you pro-gay people: Do you accept...eating...poo poo?!

For more information

 

[NovaKart]

There's the poo poo platter you can get in some Chinese restaurants.

 

[Whiskey_Lord]

Fun Fact: The First Commandment doesn't say other Gods don't exist, merely that the God that brought them out of Egypt is the one they should worship.

Hence why I'm still a follower of Bacchus. At least my god knows how to have a good time.