LOL, the Texas GOP recently voted on a platform that would:
* ban oral and anal sex
* ban "sexually oriented businesses," such as strip clubs
* ban pornography
I foresee this going over real well with their male constituency.
This was just a meaningless gesture to the "social conservatives", about 99% of whom would flee the state if this were to actually pass.
Republicans don't have a habit of restricting their own freedoms (only everyone else's), so I don't see this passing in any of our lifetimes.
"Republicans don't have a habit of restricting their own freedoms (only everyone else's)" I don't recall EVER seeing anyone trying to restrict their own freedoms, whether it be sex, smoking cigarettes, drunk driving, or anything else. ALWAYS someone else's freedoms.
Problem is that most people just can't believe that the (?) party would cut their freedoms - it isn't any of their business anyway - so they bury their head in the sand until it happens. And then it's too late, and too difficult to get changed back.
And the ones that Act the Goat behind the scenes
i doubt seriously any police officer is going to enforce it if they do pass that law. seriously, how are they going to know if a couple does these things or not? Are they going to do random house searches at night or use thermal goggles to spy on other people, inside their houses. wouldn't that violate some sort of privacy laws if that's the case?
Or maybe they'll have undercover officers in the bars to be hit on by guys, that'll invite them back to their places. Then they'll try to coerce the guy into saying that he wants oral and anal sex, then arrest him. You know kind of how you saw them do it in an episode of cops once. where they have a female officer coerce some dude into saying he wanted to pay for sex. is that how they're going to enforce this law? if so guys, i think we all better start practicing abstinence then, as the government might arrest your sorry a** if you do anything sexual that could be construed as illegal. lol.
all i can say is, good luck enforcing that law. lol.
A blow to freedom if you ask me, and certainly not a way to garner support with the Tea Party or anyone else. Republicians, here's a little advice, stay out of our bedrooms and focus on the job at hand, keeping us free!
Good Lord, he really didn't say "a blow to freedom" did he?
Nota bene: The GOP left out bestiality and masturbation.
Is this for real?
If so, good deal.
And no, there are no items more important.
Yes, they will vote on stupid legislation, and fillibuster on important legislation. They are among the "Top Blow Job getters, why would they want to make it illegal, this shows the stupidity of the Republican Party.
Banning it. That should work!
Hello Texas! Remember the good ole prohibition? That worked great didn't it? A bit like the "war against drugs" works.
But, the bible says it's ok...
What's up with that, Texas GOP?
Holier than thou, much?
Song 2:3, "Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. In his shade I took great delight and sat down, and his fruit was sweet to my taste."
(Song of Solomon.)
...I believe your interpretation is a bit misguided
Song of Solomon is a very mystical book of the Catholic's Bible...not even allowed into the other Christian bibles...
one mustn't' take it literally or with a modern(sexually) minded definition of words
I think that is the same Texas party which wanted one of the founding fathers to be removed from the history books because they were against Christianity being involved with the creation of the united states, and enforced their views vehemently. I Might be wrong though, not too up to speed on the local politics over here yet!
That was the (Republican-dominated) Texas Board of Education. Just to refresh people's memories if they missed that particular moment of idiocy, the founding father they wanted to remove was Thomas Jefferson.
Here, Here!!
Been to Texas, hated it. Now I know why.
By the way their BBQ sucks!
If they ban sodomy then the politicians are all in big, big trouble.
The American people keep bending over and taking it from politicans now they want to make it illegal?
Isn't this a circular reference?
As much as I dislike most of the Politics of the Democratic Party I am equally appealed by the Republicans continual insistence on prying in on the lives of consensual adults.
I could care less if people are gay and want to do whatever they do. But I don't want to ban it any more than I want to support paying for it.
Prohibition has proven a very effective strategy in the War on Drugs and Alcohol. What are these people thinking?
"If they ban sodomy then the politicians are all in big, big trouble." No they're not - very very few of them have the integrity to behave as the laws they pass apply to them - just to others.
Be fair....
You know that the proposed ban on oral and anal sex came about as a result of a combination of reasons...
including: the nominator not knowing at the time whether he was Arthur or Martha...
and the seconder not understanding that there is actually (or should be) a vast difference between oral and anal sex vs his complete misunderstanding of the recommended placement of the tongue and nose during such acts!
I guess they couldn't just flip a coin and decide which one to outlaw, so they ended up picking both head AND tail.
It is a counter productive move... guys will still seek out oral sex, and if they end up going to jail because of it, they will engaging in sodomy whether they are willing or not.
Some might argue that it is a slippery path (pun intended) we go down when we try to legislate morality and sexual behavior in adults.. but others are already inspired by the move. Just today for example, the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders showed off their new uniform, which was designed to appeal to the same segment of the Texan population the GOP is going after...
Perhaps a compromise can be reached? What if, in the spirit of ironic justice, they allowed sodomy just around tax time?
Good pic!
Yes, they are the American Taliban. That phrase is attributed to Howard Stern...a victim of their suppression of speech: The Christian Right.
Don't worry. They'll conveniently only prosecute gay people for it like they did before the law was declared unconstitutional in the first place.
I bet they volunteered themselves to police and enforce, right? lol
Nothin' like gittin' yer jollies watchin' them sodomites 'n throwin' 'em in jail when yer dun.
This is the funniest thing I've heard of in long, long time (since the then South African government tried to ban sex across the colour line, in fact)!
Can you imagine cops on the oral/anal sex beat! LOL
What will they be doing - peeping through curtains? Trying to catch married couples in their beds doing something naughty?
This will sure catch on with Jimmy Swaggert and like minded ones!
PFFT! This is just stupid! oral sex means the girls can't be impregnated! Nothing wrong with it, it's just foreplay.
There's no need to make them illegal, there's already a sure-fire way to stop them from happening: Marriage.
ROFL - funniest thing I've read all day. What will those poor boys do with their admins under their desks????
funny??????
it is the saddest news story in the history of the world!
You're right. It just sucks, I mean, not, that is, doesn't...nevermind
you said a mouthful!!!
(which will soon be illegal to do in Texas)
Could be bad for tourism to the state. I mean, if this really happens then no one is gonna come
Well it means that the liberals and democrats won't visit and the remaining will probably get out of Texas. Not a bad strategy
Texas will really take it up the butt if that happens...
which will also be illegal, of course
First of all greek one, you crack me up, LOL.
Now this type of legislation is not new, they tried to make sodomy illegal back in the early 90's as well, you see how well that went over, but what get's me is the thinking behind this subject. How are they going to do the actual policing of this? Are they going to form a new type of police, the Fellatio, butt police? The truth of it is, this is their childish idea of how to try and quell the activities of the gay populace. Because in their retarded socially inept patterns of thinking they believe that only homosexuals perform these acts. This country never ceases to amaze me more and more every single day.
I feel sorry for the rodeo boys. what will become of those buckle bunnies?
Nothing about Texas surprises me. I can't imagine how anyone could police what two individuals do in private, however, what concerns me is that they would be creating a new class of criminal, as if our prison system isn't already overburdened.
The porn industry, strip clubs, and sex shops will either just move out of state or continue underground just as bootlegging did during prohibition and Texas will have accomplished nothing more than losing a large chunck of tax revenue which I'm sure these industries produce.
A stupid law like this can only result in the suffering of innocent people, the growth of organized crime, and more coruption of police, courts, and politicans.
Not to burst anyone's bubble or anything, but certain sexual acts are illegal in certain states as well as in the United States military. In fact, the position of 'doggy style' is, I believe, the most popular banned position. Technically, under the UCMJ, pretty much anything other than missionary is a considered a court-martial offense.
Of course the trick is in enforcing it, as has been mentioned, and I have not heard of anyone recently punished but it is on the books. Even if it passes, it will likely fall to the wayside to be forgotten though not removed. Kind of like how it is still on the books in my county that a man can take his wife to the courthouse on a certain Wedensday and beat her on the front steps. You would be arrested for it today but you'd get off because the law is still on the books, albiet inactive.
And in my state it's still legal to do a citizen's arrest for spitting on the sidewalk, and to hang people who steal your horses. I think some laws are made just to justify the lawmaker's existence/paychecks, and others just went out of societal norms and never got changed. Once upon a time, stealing a man's horse in this desert state was tantamount to murder....today, worst case scenario is that he'll have to borrow someone's 4-wheeler to go get the cows, or more likely won't be able to go for a pleasant trail ride until the horse is recovered.
It already existed. It was deemed unconstitutional five years back, thereabouts. Texas wants it on the law books only for the purposes of harassing gay members of the community.
Well they aso mean to do away with no fault divorce, which will be enforceable.
"Not to burst anyone's bubble or anything, but certain sexual acts are illegal in certain states as well as in the United States military. In fact, the position of 'doggy style' is, I believe, the most popular banned position. Technically, under the UCMJ, pretty much anything other than missionary is a considered a court-martial offense."
The UMCJ is pretty vague on that constitutes sodomy and on the punishment.
925. ART. 125. SODOMY
(a) Any person subject to this chapter who engages in unnatural carnal copulation with another person of the same or opposite sex or with an animal is guilty of sodomy. Penetration , however slight, is sufficient to complete the offense.
(b) Any person found guilty of sodomy shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
I can't believe there'd be any law banning any unharmful sexual activity between consenting adults....besides...how would anyone know...I just don't pay attention I guess.
More likely "zero tolerance" and a "war on?"
It's absurbed, are there not more important items to deal with.
Methinks you pose the correct question!
I do not think there is a big fella sitting atop a cloud somewhere keeping a sharp eye on our naughty bits. And if indeed that is where the big fella has his attention focused we are all pretty much screwed as there are things on this planet of far greater concern! Have there been or could there be any consequences for not taking responsibility for self? To name one....you give your power away to others and some of those others are dimly lit or barely glowing!
We can't legislate morality - even if you think anal and oral sex are immoral, which I don't!
Who says we can't?
We legislate situations involving crimes like burglary, murder, money fraud, perjury (and even lying in some cases when not "publicly"); we legislate pornography and prostitution and even infidelity if tied to a bank account (lol);
heck, we even legislate whether or not people can make business solicitations over the phone lines! Some, if not all, of those are "moral" issues too.
And especially NOW, since liberals want to legislate the intent of our hearts, even, by sticking a label of "hate crime" onto specific crimes, there's no reason we can't legislate the issue of sodomy and other perversions.
Those crimes have a victim.
Oral and anal sex between two consenting adults is victimless.
.. and worry the crap out some of his botherers.
Which actually comes in handy. When those pests show up at my door I simply drop trou and ask them for their oral argument. Works like a charm.
But oral and anal sex are victimless "crimes." Theft, along with the other things you mentioned, are not victimless. Who is hurt in any way if I indlulge in the aforementioned sexual acts with my husband? Why is this a "perversion"?
Pornography is legal when adults are involved, and prostitution is even legal in some areas.
I'm ..pretty sure the GOP isn't saying they're for dragging people out of their private bedrooms and haulin' them off to jail (unless of course they have a juvenile in the bedroom watching them perform those acts, OR unless their actions are directly influencing a child in that house).
Seems to me the GOP's intent is to stop the snowballing of the agenda that seeks to insert those practices into mainstream society and into our laws.
Kind of like divorce went from Biblical condemnation to widespread legal and societal acceptance, so much so that divorcees can act as self-righteous as a Pharisee nowadays?
I guess I see your point.
Frankly, I think this GOP BJ thing is rather counterproductive, after all they pay for most of them, and besides, what will they do on a saturday night when they are hanging with them there EVANGELISTS?
That's not the insertion they're worried about.
That might not be the intent, but if it's the law, it can always be abused by some fanatic. And as far as being part of mainstream society, anal and oral sex are already part of mainstream society!
I agree with many of the GOP's views - but not when they try to tell people what they can do in their own bedrooms, between consenting adults. That's why the far right turns so many people off.
The far-right shares much more in common with the far-left than it does with the mainstream right.
The fringe is utopian and believes that if only everyone would behave exactly as they do, the world would be a better place. They believe that freedoms should be curtailed when they believe they're excessive, and they also are big believers in punishment for "moral crimes."
As a left-of-center person myself, I find the far-left (and, obviously, far-right) far scarier than the right-of-center.
I agree, Livelonger. I'm right of center, but more of a moderate. I'm actually pretty liberal on a couple of issues, especially on recreational drugs and the death penalty (I'm against it).
If you give them drugs first is it OK to execute them.
Get high, then fry.
Actually, it probably is still on many law books. But since when has it been enforced? I haven't heard of anyone being prosecuted just for BEING a homosexual in the United States. They've only been prosecuted for behaving lewdly in public like any straight person is also prosecuted for lewd behavior or conversation. And that doesn't always even get proper prosecution. So, because the laws have become so relaxed, now gays and other liberals want to push even farther, pushing their agenda upon us and pushing us into a corner. This stuff from the GOP is most likely a defensive reaction and entirely understandable, given the crap we're having to fight against.
I don't think anyone should behave "lewdly" in public - gay, straight, or undecided.
Brenda,
Why don't you give some examples where gays and lesbians are expecting special privileges for lewd conduct in public because they're gay/lesbian.
I'll consider your claim a pile of B.S. until you provide proof.
Just SAYING that it's okay for two men to engage in sex together, or two women, IS LEWD!
And I'm pretty sure you'll always consider any claims of mine to be a pile of B.S., so I don't really care what you think. You should be the one to provide proof that homosexuality is okay, but you'll never be able to do it because it's not okay. You're just trying to get US to SAY it's okay so you'll feel better. Sorry but it ain't happenin'.
OK, I understand what you're saying.
Naturally, since it doesn't make sense and it's not what you implied it would be, I don't agree with it.
But thanks for clarifying.
For those who think pornography should be banned, please be aware that censorship is a slippery slope. I did extensive research on the subject for a college presentation. You'd be amazed at some of the wonderful books that have been banned in some parts of the US! Parts of the Bible were given to various boards to read, and even they were banned - before the members discovered that the excerpts came from the holy book. One of the books banned most often was Huckleberry Finn. Another was Cinderella. Why? Because of the use of magic.
No one can make a learned assessment of any book unless the quotes are given in context and with the overall message or intent of the book.
Pornography and other books advocating immorality, however, have a clear intent. There is no underlying "good" in it for children, and little redeemable factors to it at all.
And there's a slippery slope of "tolerance" and "freedom" as it's termed, too, that has gradually allowed people to cuss and say lewd horrible things under the umbrella of "free speech". So which is worse?
There should be a middle ground when it comes to our man-made laws.
..Actually, there HAS BEEN that middle ground for a lonnnng time! And the prostitutes and gay activists and other liberals weren't satisfied with that. They want to shove their ways down our throats and into any level of society they can.
And "All you need is love" Should be banned, and all those areas in the bible where it says you love your neighbor, love your enemies, and especially those places that say Judge not. Are all of these aren't taken out of context. Sure sex and love ARE two different things. But the judgement of these things is also immoral. It is really none of our business, and life is too short. The problem is that we have lost touch with an extremely important aspect of mankind, which has allowed perversion to overtake our society. But, in a truly civilized society things would be vastly different.
My point about censorship is that it's so subjective. It's up to individual members of some board to make decisions. And if we really believe in free speech, we have to believe in free speech for all - not just for those who say what we want to hear. Some on both the far right and the far left seem to have a problem with this. For example, it was fine when Bush was made fun of and called vile names, but some of the lefties get all upset when Obama is the target of similar verbal assaults. On the other hand, some of the very people who cried "foul" when Bush was being derided are the very ones who are hurling abuse on Obama. Hypocrisy runs rampant on both sides.
Not "what we want to hear", but what is actually within the bounds of decency and/or propriety.
For instance, was it in-bounds for (I can't remember her name!) for that woman comedian to say she hoped Rush Limbaugh had kidney failure? No way. That was so thoughtless and downright disgusting.
And is it okay for people to spout the F-word in public around kids? Or even, actually, around a group of adults?
What should be included in "free speech" for everyone?
And which infractions are prosecutable by law?
The boundaries are getting blurred so fast that people lose sight of what's appropriate and what isn't.
If ya caint define it ya cain't legislate it.
I think it was a supreme court judge that said ...
I cain't define it but I know when I see it.
Beauty is in the eye of the heholder ... I guess ugly is too.
Only when ya leave out conscience.
And all perversion can be defined.
Very true ...
I have done remodel jobs for a comittees, never do that again. Ten people can't easily agree on much of anything.
But ten like minded people have little dificulty.
And it is easy to establish resonable boundaries... But ..
there will always be those that have to bust boundaries just to see if they can.
And some of them need to be! ... But who gets to decide which ones?
Well, it should be the ones with some age and wisdom under their belts.
Unfortunately they can't agree upon much either.
not even on what time is best to take our laxatives.
That is why they call us gripy old people.
Even if I was going to say it ... When you say it first I want to argue with that idea. Just kidding but not cause I've known more than a few like that ...
And I can recognize a few younger folks on here that are surely going to be like that when they get older.
Your definition will, of course, be different from mine, which will be different from the next person's. You will find as many different definitions of perversion as you do people.
I was in a bar with my dear brother in law, now departed. Someone in the group said something about someone not there; something like "That guy is really perverted".
My BIL, always competitive, sat up straight and announced "I am more perverted than any of you!"
He then leaned over and whispered in my ear: "Tony, what does perverted mean?"
It took me a while to answer :-)
I doubt that.
At least, not in people's consciences.
If, say...a man intentionally runs naked into a roomful of people, that's obviously perverse.
Doesn't matter if the man is straight or gay, it's perverse.
Same for a woman if she runs intentionally naked into a roomful of people.
Doesn't matter if she's gay or straight, pretty or ugly, whatever. Still perverse.
We know what perversion is.
But the liberals try to cover it up even deeper, by saying that the act of homosexuality is okay to begin with; so there's where the comparison ends.
It's like that beautiful woman teacher who had sex with her underage student. She got a lighter sentence than most other people who molested or seduced somoeone into sexual activity.
Why? Probably because she LOOKED good.
Perversion, no matter how it's dressed up or covered up or re-defined, is still just what it is---perversion.
Nonsense.
My wife and I summered at a clothing optional resort for many years. We both have waked, strolled, skipped and run into many rooms quite naked and there was nothing perverse about it.
Hogwash.
Just because a whole group of people want to defy the rules of decency doesn't actually change the moral rules of it.
Brenda, your arrogance is showing. Who made you the arbiter of what is decent and moral?
and unsanitary.
Who the heck wants to sit on a bench or any other seat where a naked stranger sat? Or walk around and see bodily secretions openly?
Not only indecent, but gross.
You need to get out more.
Actually, at clothing optional venues, carrying your own towel to sit on is required.
I bet you know nothing about the origins of nudity taboos.
Obviously, in some climates, clothing was necessary for survival. But where it waas not, men still girded their loins for utilitarian reasons. The stuff gets in the way of an active lifestyle and can hurt a lot when it does so.
Sweat, confined space and a lack of bathing opportunities surely contributed to the disgusting aspect of sexual organs.
For women, it was a bit different. In far too many societies, for far too many eons, women were more like property than mates. Even in relatively enlightened places, they held second rate status.
When they were property, their owners didn't want other men coveting them. They put that one right in your favorite book, remember - and they made sure to mention the specific object of the coveting, too.
There was, as always, the poverty aspect to consider. Clothing doesn't grow on trees.
Combine that with the bleeding thing and, in some places, the quaint idea that women were the lustful creatures who must be constrained, and pretty soon nakedness is shameful, sinful and just awful. Add some centuries and you get real laws against it.
All very silly, of course. Especially to those of us who have lived or now live the naturist lifestyle.
Sometimes I forget how idiotic it all is and may start to venture outside nude. I have to remind myself that not only would my neighbors summon police, but they would feel quite rightous doing so.
Sick, sick world :-)
I had a different experience while working at such a resort - wrote a hub about it.
No towels required. Plush overstuffed furniture everywhere. Encounters with rattlesnakes.
LOLOL
"A towel is required"..?
Then what's the point of going nude in the first place? A piece of clothing would take care of the whole problem.
And you said clothing doesn't grow on trees! That's ridiculous!
I can tell ya where to get some for almost nothing. Heck, I can tell ya where to get some for free. I'll even tell ya to send anyone who claims to have to go naked to my house and I'll SEW them a pair of boxers or shorts. They could even grab a fig leaf on their way! Or...gee.. they can take that towel and put a few stitches in it and voila!-they'd have CLOTHING.
Nobody in America or anywhere else has to go naked. LOLOL I thought I had heard everything until I read your post!
The towel is to address your concerns regarding sanitation, not as a cover up.
Both the rear and the front areas need covering up for sanitation purposes.
Like I said, it doesn't take much effort or knowledge to just WEAR SHORTS. Are people really that inept? I don't think so Tim.
Have you never seen anyone naked?
aaaaaaaaaa, never mind.
How do you know that when you go over a friends house and you sit any chair there, that they didn't have sex in the chair. You don't know? Do you.
You can say that you know, but the truth of the matter is that you know nothing, with regards to their actions when you are not around.
So, please get off the high horse. Put your righteous attitude in check.
Hey Brenda, also remember- perversion is subjective to a person's individual perspective. It is actually, not perverted for a woman to run into a roomful of people, if everyone else in the room is nude already?
Just a thought. It is all a matter of perspective and situation/circumstances, which dictates perversion.
Here are the definitions of perverse I found:
1. Marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict.
2. Resistant to guidance or discipline; tending to do the opposite of what is normal or wanted.
3. Deviating from what is considered moral, right, proper or good.
Now, see, I don't think that's necessarily perverted. Streakers weren't perverted; they were just defying cultural norms. Most people thought they were funny.
am I missing something?
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oops! I forgot, this is the state that doesn't want thomas jefferson in the texbooks.
happy july 4 everyone!!
I'm sure Thomas Jefferson won't be excluded from Texas text books.
oh yes, on their own ideological political agenda.
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Sex with animals is taboo - they can't give consent. Anything two OR MORE consenting adults want to do with sex is fine by me - none of my business. No animals and no kids, though!!
As I said earlier, all this is subjective. What might be perverted to Ralph might be fun or even normal for Randy Godwin (which it probably is!). Sorry, Ralph. Just using you as an example because I see your face as I'm typing.
BTW, I had a student years ago who was convicted of animal cruelty - he raped a dog.
Which brings a new meaning to "doing dirty deeds"! LOL!
Sorry Ralph, couldn't resist that!
RD, not "dirty deeds done with sheep"????
Ralph's new nickname: "Dirty."
Reminds me of AC/DC habee!
Remember Dirty deed done dirt cheap?
Ernesto, have you heard the parody of the AC/DC version - "Dirty Deeds Done with Sheep"??
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This made me laugh so hard!!!!!!!!!!!
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Texas is starting to sound like a good place to raise a family.
I thought so too! was that for real? the first one?
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