bear1949
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posted on January 14, 2003 07:03:27 AM new
ATLANTA (AP) - The Georgia Supreme Court struck down a 170-year-old law that made it a crime for unmarried people to have sex.
The ruling Monday came in the case of a 16-year-old boy discovered having sex with his girlfriend in the bedroom of her home. The young woman's mother made the discovery.
"Our opinion simply affirms that ... the government may not reach into the bedroom of a private residence and criminalize the private, noncommercial, consensual sexual acts of two persons legally capable of consenting to those acts," Chief Justice Norman Fletcher wrote.
Under Georgia law, the age of consent is 16.
Fletcher also wrote that nothing in the ruling should be read to address parents' rights "to regulate what occurs inside their home, including who enters their house and under what circumstances."
Fornication laws remain on the books in about 10 states and the District of Columbia. Courts have struck down such statutes in Florida, Virginia and New Jersey.
Following his conviction, Jesse McClure, now 17, was ordered to pay a fine and write an essay explaining why he should not have had sex. He wrote that it wasn't the court's business.
"Invading personal privacy just isn't right," McClure said Monday. "It now goes that way for everybody."
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Twelvepole
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posted on January 14, 2003 08:28:39 AM new
WHOO HOO! NOW I CAN MOVE TO GEORGIA.... 
AIN'T LIFE GRAND... 
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antiquary
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posted on January 14, 2003 10:54:48 AM new
"Invading personal privacy just isn't right," McClure said Monday.
I wonder if anyone has alerted the Bush administration to this new and novel concept.
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Borillar
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posted on January 14, 2003 11:33:25 AM new
The next thing you know, they'll be striking down the Sodomy laws like they did with the marriage-position laws (mercenary-only OK).
"Our opinion simply affirms that ... the government may not reach into the bedroom of a private residence and criminalize the private, noncommercial, consensual sexual acts of two persons legally capable of consenting to those acts," Chief Justice Norman Fletcher wrote."
I htink that this ought to extend to public life as well. The private sex lives of politicians and movie stars has no business being made entertainment for the masses, or to have their sex lives on display for others to judge them by.
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mlecher
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posted on January 14, 2003 11:36:09 AM new
I think the law should be rewritten that boys and girls shouldn't have sex until they can prove the ability and resources to support the possible outcomes of their moment of passion.
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We call them our heroes...but we pay them like chumps
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mlecher
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posted on January 14, 2003 11:39:02 AM new
marriage-position laws (mercenary-only OK).
Sitting here trying to figure out...what the he11 is the mercenary postition without laughing....
"Okay, Okay....I'll be the paid soldier and you will be my Swiss Banker. I wish to make a deposit."
Does involves camoflage and a weapon....and does it involve cash?
Or did you mean "missionary"???
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We call them our heroes...but we pay them like chumps
[ edited by mlecher on Jan 14, 2003 11:40 AM ]
[ edited by mlecher on Jan 14, 2003 11:50 AM ]
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Linda_K
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posted on January 14, 2003 12:48:53 PM new
ROFLMHO Very good.....
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bear1949
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posted on January 14, 2003 01:29:09 PM new
Mercenary postition?........Is that listed in the Suma Katra
[ edited by bear1949 on Jan 14, 2003 02:00 PM ]
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Borillar
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posted on January 14, 2003 02:36:12 PM new
MISSIONARY position, then! Is there a difference?
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bear1949
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posted on January 14, 2003 03:40:04 PM new
Yes there is a difference
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junquemama
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posted on January 14, 2003 03:50:00 PM new
LOL
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mlecher
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posted on January 14, 2003 03:58:36 PM new
A Missionary is a Man of God
A Mercenary is a Dog of War
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We call them our heroes...but we pay them like chumps
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Borillar
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posted on January 14, 2003 04:26:29 PM new
What about Jessuits, mlecher?
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Borillar
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posted on January 14, 2003 04:27:43 PM new
>Yes there is a difference
What difference?
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bunnicula
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posted on January 14, 2003 04:57:37 PM new
One makes use of an ATM machine located beside the bed...
Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but unlike charity, it should end there --Clare Booth Luce
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bear1949
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posted on January 14, 2003 06:10:43 PM new
Mercenary or MISSIONARY
Depends upon whether you get it standing up or take it laying down.
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