Who is to say homosexuality polygamy is wrong? Love makes a family. Hate is not a family value. Blah, blah, blah. An article's subtitle over at the American Spectator captured my eye: "Will Lawrence v. Texas protect the polygamists at the Yearning for Zion ranch?" If the state can't intervene when a man opts for a man, by what logic can it intervene when a man opts for many? "A government raid on a neighborhood in San Francisco--to pluck adopted children from the arms of gay couples lest their orgies corrupt them--would cause days of disquiet amongst reporters," George Neumayr writes at the American Spectator. "But this [Zion Ranch] raid feels right to them."
Dan, I will offer my theory as to why the double standard exists in this case.
Conservatives are for enforcing the ban on polygamy because it is the law, founded upon Judeo-Christian values.
Liberals are for enforcing the law because they see it (IMO) as an attack upon a faith. Since there is little or no room for faith in their (a)moral system, they keep quiet when agents storm religious compounds. However, any non-faith based group would surely have teams of ACLU lawyers lining up to defend their "rights."
What do you think, Dan, am I on to something?
Be well,
Sponge
This is true. Gay's are the newest protected class subject to "civil rights". Straights need not apply.
And who's to say that anybody was being coerced or abused anyway? Supposedly a phone call for help by one of the girls. But how does this warrant the government going in (as was attempted in Waco) and breaking up this group of "families".
I would bet there was less going on in there than they would have us believe.
But, look on the bright side, now the kids can watch non stop cable junk and view porn on the internet.
That was classic, Dan.
"If the state can't intervene when a man opts for a man, by what logic can it intervene when a man opts for many?"
I was reading that and had a feeling one of your rhymes was about to spring. Thanks for the morning chuckle.
Thats why i am against homo weddings. It just opens the flood gates. Then where does it stop?.
There are many colors in the Homo Rainbow. Don't be afraid to let your colors shine.
Contrary to what you folks think Ween, we're not all in the rainbow and most of us choose not to be colorful.
If you find a pot of gold
Every little thing is gonna work out fine
In the homo rainbow
One man's pot of gold is another man's bucket of $hite.
The issue is not whether some dude can marry many women. These aren't women getting married, they are girls. Child abuse is the issue.
Ever since the Short Creek raid in 1953 politicians and police have been loathe to go after polygamists for fear of being accused of "breaking up families."
But the truth is that most of these kids are being abused (emotionally, physically, sexually...take your pick). I have a friend whose mother escaped from one of these polygamous cults after being forced into a marriage as a young teenager. Ugly stuff.
If Lawrence v. Texas had prohibited the state from prosecuting child abuse and statutory rape, then yes, it would protect the leaders of Yearning for Zion ranch. But Lawrence does no such thing. Which means that those responsible for criminal activity at the ranch are, hopefully, going to serve time.
Well said Doug. Postings on this board are only vehicles to bash liberals by twisting the facts. Your point is obvious. BTW the ACLU defends the constitition no matter how popular the issue may be ie: Rush's drug bust,Nazis etc.
I just wish they'd take the 'A' out of ACLU because the causes they usually decide defend are not American ones.
And can you site one 'twisted' fact?
