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Speaking of Batshit Crazy...
Jan. 18th, 2007 12:12 pm( Say YES to Michigan, but NO to extra marital sex )
Seriously, say no to it, or you ass will land in prison...For Life!
While I agree with those who call this "so bizarre it doesn't merit a response," I must respond just because I'm Wednes and that's what I do.
Michigan already leads the US in having laws against consensual sex acts. We do not allow gay marriage; oral sex is a felony here (even with a married couple at home); and now cheating is legally the same as rape. Granted, this is a new interpretation of an old law. I have a lot of difficulty beleiving that the Framers intended to criminalize cheating on one's spouse. I guess because most of them cheated on their spouses.
With that in mind, there are all kinds of reasons to cheat on your spouse. While I don't condone most of them, I don't think they are worthy of felony charges either. Fraud? Maybe. Civil crime? Almost certainly. But to treat a philanderer as a violent criminal is just as silly as sending potheads to prison.
Is prison some kind of booming business I don't know about? Are there giant vacancies so that they need to make up new ways to interpret laws so that more of us are guilty? If we can learn anything from the Catholic church, it's that relaxing rules and making them more reasonable will garner more respect than constantly going around telling everyone how bad they are.
What about poly couples? What about separated ones? Is only the married person a criminal or is the "homewrecker" one too? Does it depend on the complaining party? The mind doth boggle. Deep down this strikes me as one more way to push Christian morality on people who may or may not swing that way.
In better news, my afternoon Life Coach meeting is being held by phone. This saves me a fast $10 on cabs. Plus we will likely finish way far early. Whoooo. When I get done with that meeting, I'm going to finish editing my novel which I may now call The Cat's Apprentice. I'm really loving this novel and hope I can pull it together. I may also give my new short story a going over. Later still, I shall have eggs and potatoes and watch a scary movie...not sure which yet.
Soon I get a new job developer. This will be my third one over the last two years. Let's hope she will be The Charm since I'm really stoked to get back to work. I need new clothes and to buy stuff for the wedding. I think I want to rent an archway and a fog machine.
Seriously, say no to it, or you ass will land in prison...For Life!
While I agree with those who call this "so bizarre it doesn't merit a response," I must respond just because I'm Wednes and that's what I do.
Michigan already leads the US in having laws against consensual sex acts. We do not allow gay marriage; oral sex is a felony here (even with a married couple at home); and now cheating is legally the same as rape. Granted, this is a new interpretation of an old law. I have a lot of difficulty beleiving that the Framers intended to criminalize cheating on one's spouse. I guess because most of them cheated on their spouses.
With that in mind, there are all kinds of reasons to cheat on your spouse. While I don't condone most of them, I don't think they are worthy of felony charges either. Fraud? Maybe. Civil crime? Almost certainly. But to treat a philanderer as a violent criminal is just as silly as sending potheads to prison.
Is prison some kind of booming business I don't know about? Are there giant vacancies so that they need to make up new ways to interpret laws so that more of us are guilty? If we can learn anything from the Catholic church, it's that relaxing rules and making them more reasonable will garner more respect than constantly going around telling everyone how bad they are.
What about poly couples? What about separated ones? Is only the married person a criminal or is the "homewrecker" one too? Does it depend on the complaining party? The mind doth boggle. Deep down this strikes me as one more way to push Christian morality on people who may or may not swing that way.
In better news, my afternoon Life Coach meeting is being held by phone. This saves me a fast $10 on cabs. Plus we will likely finish way far early. Whoooo. When I get done with that meeting, I'm going to finish editing my novel which I may now call The Cat's Apprentice. I'm really loving this novel and hope I can pull it together. I may also give my new short story a going over. Later still, I shall have eggs and potatoes and watch a scary movie...not sure which yet.
Soon I get a new job developer. This will be my third one over the last two years. Let's hope she will be The Charm since I'm really stoked to get back to work. I need new clothes and to buy stuff for the wedding. I think I want to rent an archway and a fog machine.
