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thepeel
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
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 Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:16 am Post subject: Adultery could mean life, court finds (in America!!) |
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This is just terrible.
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In a ruling sure to make philandering spouses squirm, Michigan's second-highest court says that anyone involved in an extramarital fling can be prosecuted for first-degree criminal sexual conduct, a felony punishable by up to life in prison.
"We cannot help but question whether the Legislature actually intended the result we reach here today," Judge William Murphy wrote in November for a unanimous Court of Appeals panel, "but we are curtailed by the language of the statute from reaching any other conclusion."
"Technically," he added, "any time a person engages in sexual penetration in an adulterous relationship, he or she is guilty of CSC I," the most serious sexual assault charge in Michigan's criminal code. |
http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070115/COL04/701150333
They need to be brave enough to let others be free, or stop using those words in self-descriptions.
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:45 am Post subject: |
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| It would appear that the Michigan courts and legislature are hashing out judicial powers to interpret laws. It's not nearly as 'shocking' as BJ seems to be interpreting it, at least judging by the heading. |
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thepeel
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:03 am Post subject: |
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| No, it isn't. But I think some of the Canadian types around here will like it none the less. |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 3:04 am Post subject: |
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Can you not yet smell the NAZI-fication?
AmeriKa. |
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ddeubel
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 3:24 am Post subject: |
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This is just a red herring and is not the real indicator of "the Christian faith" in American life/law. It is much more pervasive and deep.
I think anyone wishing to look at the substantive issues of how the Christian faith is making great changes and great decisions deep within govt -- should read "A Country Ruled By Faith" by Wills . He puts out there, what the issues really are and shows how America is changing beneath our feet thanks to Christian fundamentalists, heaving and turning the soul..... Not even counting St. Rove of Tarsus, the leadership is really a full scale evangelical bible study group....
The White House was alive with piety. Evangelical leaders were in and out on a regular basis. There were Bible study groups in the White House, as in John Ashcroft's Justice Department. Over half of the White House staff attended the meetings. One of the first things David Frum heard when he went to work there as a speech writer was: "Missed you at the Bible study."[5] According to Esther Kaplan:
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Aside from Rove and Cheney, Bush's inner circle are all deeply religious. [Condoleezza] Rice is a minister's daughter, chief of staff Andrew Card is a minister's husband, Karen Hughes is a church elder, and head speechwriter Michael Gerson is a born-again evangelical, a movement insider.[6]
Other parts of the administration were also pious, with religious services during the lunch hour at the General Services Administration.[7] |
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/19590
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ddeubel
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 3:25 am Post subject: |
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This is just a red herring and is not the real indicator of "the Christian faith" in American life/law. It is much more pervasive and deep.
I think anyone wishing to look at the substantive issues of how the Christian faith is making great changes and great decisions deep within govt -- should read "A Country Ruled By Faith" by Wills . He puts out there, what the issues really are and shows how America is changing beneath our feet thanks to Christian fundamentalists, heaving and turning the soul..... Not even counting St. Rove of Tarsus, the leadership is really a full scale evangelical bible study group....
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| The White House was alive with piety. Evangelical leaders were in and out on a regular basis. There were Bible study groups in the White House, as in John Ashcroft's Justice Department. Over half of the White House staff attended the meetings. One of the first things David Frum heard when he went to work there as a speech writer was: "Missed you at the Bible study."[5] According to Esther Kaplan: |
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Aside from Rove and Cheney, Bush's inner circle are all deeply religious. [Condoleezza] Rice is a minister's daughter, chief of staff Andrew Card is a minister's husband, Karen Hughes is a church elder, and head speechwriter Michael Gerson is a born-again evangelical, a movement insider.[6]
Other parts of the administration were also pious, with religious services during the lunch hour at the General Services Administration.[7] |
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/19590
DD |
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thepeel
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 4:17 am Post subject: |
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| Actually, no. It is just a procedural runaround. Ya-ta was right. I was just egging dd on. |
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ddeubel
Joined: 20 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 4:36 am Post subject: |
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| Actually, no. It is just a procedural runaround. Ya-ta was right. I was just egging dd on |
And I agreed it was a red herring.......I also don't need egging on, there is more than enough of your free ranging hatred to keep me busy on the plains of no hope....
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thepeel
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 4:39 am Post subject: |
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| Actually, no. It is just a procedural runaround. Ya-ta was right. I was just egging dd on |
And I agreed it was a red herring.......I also don't need egging on, there is more than enough of your free ranging hatred to keep me busy on the plains of no hope....
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Now you're a ddouchbag AND a liar. Eh, good job! |
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mindmetoo
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 4:39 am Post subject: |
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| About time. If gay marriage is so detrimental to the family unit and the core of society, then clearly adultery is even more damaging, not to mention more wide spread. Divorce has to go next. |
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cbclark4
Joined: 20 Aug 2006
Location: Masan
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:14 am Post subject: |
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| ddeubel wrote: |
This is just a red herring and is not the real indicator of "the Christian faith" in American life/law. It is much more pervasive and deep.
I think anyone wishing to look at the substantive issues of how the Christian faith is making great changes and great decisions deep within govt -- should read "A Country Ruled By Faith" by Wills . He puts out there, what the issues really are and shows how America is changing beneath our feet thanks to Christian fundamentalists, heaving and turning the soul..... Not even counting St. Rove of Tarsus, the leadership is really a full scale evangelical bible study group....
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| The White House was alive with piety. Evangelical leaders were in and out on a regular basis. There were Bible study groups in the White House, as in John Ashcroft's Justice Department. Over half of the White House staff attended the meetings. One of the first things David Frum heard when he went to work there as a speech writer was: "Missed you at the Bible study."[5] According to Esther Kaplan: |
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Aside from Rove and Cheney, Bush's inner circle are all deeply religious. [Condoleezza] Rice is a minister's daughter, chief of staff Andrew Card is a minister's husband, Karen Hughes is a church elder, and head speechwriter Michael Gerson is a born-again evangelical, a movement insider.[6]
Other parts of the administration were also pious, with religious services during the lunch hour at the General Services Administration.[7] |
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/19590
DD |
Posted twice, no metaphor, no simile, no analogy, true ddeubeltalk!!!
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Getting some fresh air...
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:43 am Post subject: |
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| No, it isn't. But I think some of the Canadian types around here will like it none the less. |
Because... um... Canadians are fond of laws that make no sense to anyone? |
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spinario
Joined: 24 May 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:39 pm Post subject: |
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| the next 'red scare' - evangelicals |
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Pligganease
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: The deep south...
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
| About time. If gay marriage is so detrimental to the family unit and the core of society, then clearly adultery is even more damaging, not to mention more wide spread. Divorce has to go next. |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 1:17 am Post subject: |
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| twg wrote: |
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| No, it isn't. But I think some of the Canadian types around here will like it none the less. |
Because... um... Canadians are fond of laws that make no sense to anyone? |
Such as? |
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