Comments on: Rabbis Oppose Proposition 8

By: Joel

Joel — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:07:36 +0000

“Joel: Technicly, yes” Mmmm. Technicly yes the sodomy laws are still substantial or technicly yes they are unconstitutional and unenforcable?

By: Suricou Raven

Suricou Raven — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:53:23 +0000

Joel: Technicly, yes. A few states do still have them on the books, but this is only because no politician has yet initiated the formal procedure to get them revoked. They are not enforced, and if they ever were enforced the court would almost certinly throw them out entirely.

Note that Lawrence did not have anything to do with equality at all – the sodomy law was thrown out as a violation of privacy, not equality under the law. In practical terms, this means both that the case can’t be used as a precident in trying to get same-sex marriage and that legislatures can’t ‘cheat’ by declaring heterosexual anal sex illegal as well and claiming this means everyone is equal.

By: Joel

Joel — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:49:52 +0000

So i was speaking with a good friend of mine and i have lingering question that i thought i knew the answer to(out of topic) do the sodomy laws in the states have any constitutional suppor as far as private, consentual sodomy is concerned? I thought the Lawrence vs Texas case made all sodomy laws in all states(including Puerto Rico) unconstitutional.

By: cd

cd — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:09:26 +0000

In American politics “Judeo-Christian” tends to be a term only the Christian Right uses, and then to describe itself.

There is little or no documented public usage of the term by Jewish organizations and politicians, or by moderate or liberal Christians.

By: Emily K

Emily K — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:27:53 +0000

Timothy, I took a look at the endorsement orgs and the only truly Jewish one there is the Orthodox Union. They are Orthodox Jews, naturally politically and socially conservative.

By: Emily K

Emily K — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:10:26 +0000

“But their Judeo-Christian efforts seem to be missing the “Judeo” component.”

DAMN STRAIGHT!!!

“Judeo-Christian” is an oxymoron anyway.

Yes Timothy, you are correct to be skeptical of “Jewish New Testament Publications” – it is NOT Jewish. It is “Messianic Jewish,” which is a form of Christianity dressed up to look like American Ashkenazi Judaism. So much for the “Judeo” part indeed.