I hope Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz isn't a lesbian!
In Topeka, lawmakers have decided to leave a law on the books in the state of Kansas that bans gay sex! The law that bans gay sex in Kansas will not be removed from the books. It seems as if Kansas wants keep the bill on the books that bans "Sexual acts" and it doesn't need to be repealed since this law isn't enforced! One government represenative even said that "The statute itself is unenforceable!" Let's hope that it will stay unenforceable, I don't want to think about how they would "enforce" these laws!
The Los Angeles suburb of Chatsworth is known as the "Porn Capital of the world", since they film a lot of adult films in the valley. My guess is many gay and lesbian adult films will not be filled in the sunflower state anytime soon!
It will be interesting to see how this "banning gay sex law" will affect the tv stations throughout the state of Kansas! I just hope they don't cancel all the the funny gay and lesbian sitcoms such as Will & Grace, The Ellen Show, and especially The Family Guy.
In Topeka, lawmakers have decided to leave a law on the books in the state of Kansas that bans gay sex! The law that bans gay sex in Kansas will not be removed from the books. It seems as if Kansas wants keep the bill on the books that bans "Sexual acts" and it doesn't need to be repealed since this law isn't enforced! One government represenative even said that "The statute itself is unenforceable!" Let's hope that it will stay unenforceable, I don't want to think about how they would "enforce" these laws!
The Los Angeles suburb of Chatsworth is known as the "Porn Capital of the world", since they film a lot of adult films in the valley. My guess is many gay and lesbian adult films will not be filled in the sunflower state anytime soon!
It will be interesting to see how this "banning gay sex law" will affect the tv stations throughout the state of Kansas! I just hope they don't cancel all the the funny gay and lesbian sitcoms such as Will & Grace, The Ellen Show, and especially The Family Guy.
-The Poor Paralegal
I always hate when somebody makes that terrible argument that an unjust law should exist because it isn't enforced.
ReplyDeleteIt can be enforced whenever somebody wants. It is usually an excuse to selectively enforce said law on a minority or other oppressed group.
It is far more likely that law enforcement will harass somebody with made up laws than they will just ignore something they can choose not to enforce. To believe otherwise is to be completely ignorant as to how the real world works.
And most privileged people are indeed ignorant, as well as very vocal.
States leaving unenforced, and overturned, laws on the books is nothing new. Another example of this is laws against flag burning.
ReplyDeleteIn order to remove the law from the books may require a legislative member to give up a valuable bill slot.
As far as the sodomy laws go, Lawrence v Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003), took care of the issue.