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Are you referring to Ken Paxton? That guy is terrifying. He said he wants to enforce anti-sodomy laws.
by titaniumtown 2y ago
Are you referring to Ken Paxton? That guy is terrifying. He said he wants to enforce anti-sodomy laws.
- ttyprintk 2y agoHis impeachment and obvious attempts to gain Trump’s attention put him on the short list. Expanding the DOJ into sodomy enforcement is not surprising; he’s a surveillance prosecutor.
- roenxi 2y ago> He said he wants to enforce anti-sodomy laws. Does the US have anti-sodomy laws for him to enforce?
- jampekka 2y agoYes. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodomy_laws_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodomy_laws_in_the_United_St...
- rsynnott 2y agoYes. Found unconstitutional in 2003, but a number of states still have them on the books.
- titaniumtown 2y agoYup! They're on the books, just not enforced.
- vincnetas 2y agoPlease, please, please, don't let your country go the path of radical religion like Iran did after Iranian revolution. Keeping religion out of state business looks like really nice idea when it comes to personal liberties.
- BoingBoomTschak 2y agoWhy do you think it is solely religion behind this value? If anything, religion is only a pretext.
- titaniumtown 2y agoThey want to put the bible and commandments in schools across the country. They've already done that in a few states.
- randomdata 2y agoIsn't the law to be enforced? It is terrifying that the public want such laws in the first place, but that is the democratic right for them to choose, I guess.
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- randomdata 2y agoWhich law prevents a convicted felon from running for and/or winning the presidency race and why are those currently tasked with enforcement not enforcing it?
- Voultapher 2y agoThere are very clear laws that if you partake in a coup to overthrow the government, as Trump has done, you don't get to be part of the government ever again.
- Melting_Harps 2y ago> Which law prevents a convicted felon from running for and/or winning the presidency race and why are those currently tasked with enforcement not enforcing it? Judicial branch, specifically in the court of NY has delayed sentencing in order to appear 'impartial' and reach a proper outcome on his legal fate [0]. Whcich is apparently a direct correlation from the Supreme Court's outcome on Presidential immunity. People got all worked up about their rulings but did nothing that mattered, in fact if this presidential race proved anything is that they want a despot in power rather than a mediocre former DA or a nearly senile old man. Ultimately, it shows that Democratic Republics are not just capable of one-off anomalies, his first presidency, but that they tend to skew this way over time. I'm less mad about the outcome of this election then I am with the electorate that saw these people do what they did during COVID and not follow thier own laws and inside trade etc... while not demanding a better system! I'm not sure you will get the answer you want, but this is only possible because of a complicit Supreme Court can install itself as permanent interpreters of the Law for Life and are appointed for mainly political influence and money rather than competence or merit. The Founders (for all their wisdom) were explicit in the framing of this country for what were essentially the landed gentry, so why wouldn't it work out like this after wealth and status had been concentrated in such few hands? 0: https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/06/politics/judge-delays-trumps-sentencing/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/06/politics/judge-delays-trumps-...
- belter 2y agoIt's all reflecting...just reflecting....