Re: MD Should sodomy be a right?

From: Valence (valence10@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Jul 03 2003 - 03:20:25 BST

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    Hey Spencer and all,
    Welcome to the group Spencer.

    SPENCER
    > I think that most people are missing the point.
    >
    > From Merriam-Webster:
    > Main Entry: sod·omy
    > Pronunciation: 'sä-d&-mE
    > Function: noun
    > Etymology: Middle English, from Old French sodomie, from Late Latin Sodoma
    > Sodom; from the homosexual proclivities of the men of the city in Gen
    > 19:1-11
    > Date: 13th century
    > 1 : copulation with a member of the same sex or with an animal
    > 2 : noncoital and especially anal or oral copulation with a member of the
    > opposite sex
    > - sod·om·it·ic /"sä-d&-'mi-tik/ or sod·om·it·i·cal /-ti-k&l/ adjective

    RICK
    You will notice that the term as used only goes back to the 13th century.
    Interestingly, prior to that time-period the biblical story of "Sodom"
    wasn't associated with homosexuality at all. The early biblical
    commentators thought that the sin of the Sodomites was "inhospitality".
    Which is quite ironic considering how practitioners of sodomy are treated by
    most religious folks today :-).

    SPENCER
      In the Supreme Court's
    > decision, it abolished all laws pertaining to any regulation against
    sodomy,
    > including multiple states that outlawed anal sex between heterosexual
    > couples.

    RICK
    Not exactly. The Army can still make fraternization rules, civil laws can
    still be made that 'disadvantage' sodomy somehow (as long as criminal
    sanctions aren't involved).

    SPENCER
    Sodomy may have come to be associated with only homosexuals, but
    > the laws that were repealed also included heterosexuals, so this was not a
    > "victory for gay rights" as it was claimed in the newspapers of the U.S.,
    > but a victory of sexual freedom.

    RICK
    Exactly.

    take care
    rick

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