Blunt Legalizes Gay Sex In Missouri

[proud2BlibKansan]

With the stroke of a pen on Tuesday, Governor Matt Blunt legalized gay sex in Missouri. Previously, under Missouri law, consensual gay sex constituted the crime of "sexual misconduct" and was punishable as a Class A misdemeanor.

However, HB 1698 which was co-sponsored by GOP Reps. Lipke, Dusenberg, Yates, Nathan Cooper, and Tilley repeals the provision making gay sex a crime.

Governor Blunt signed the measure in ceremonies across the state on Tuesday. Because the bill contained an emergency clause, the repeal of the ban on gay sex is effective immediately.

more . . .
http://www.firedupmissouri.com/node/4375

[Warren Stupidity]

1. Fucking A. nt.

[Orsino]

29. LOL! n/t

[lildreamer316]

2. KICK for some good news......

Thanks!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. have I entered the Twilight Zone?

Is Rod Serling hiding in the closet?

:wow:

Is Blunt a Republican too?


:tinfoilhat:
did someone get caught recently?

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. He's a repub and a dipshit

I'm not sure what the back story is. I think he's probably so stupid he wasn't paying attention to the bill he signed.

[ruggerson]

9. Lawrence V Texas voided all sodomy laws nationwide

Missouri finally got around to repealing their ancient sodomy law, which was unenforceable the last few years anyway, because Lawrence V Texas rendered them all unconsitutional.

So this was basically a meaningless cleaning up of the statute books, so to speak.

[bluerum]

4. How do you "legalize" sex. It has always astounded me how puritanical

voyeurs take it upon themselves to dictate what sexual behavior I am "legally" permitted to engage in.

[Nikki Stone 1]

11. What a great question!

It's like trying to legalize the drinking of coffee.

:donut:

[Warren DeMontague]

40. If coffee had been the preferred beverage of certain unpopular immigrant

groups, historically-- and was particularly favored by, say, long-haired hippies driving around the country in VW minibuses-

you can bet your bippy there'd probably be a "war on Coffee" right now.

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. And I want to know how they enforce a law banning it.

[Warren DeMontague]

39. People aren't allowed to grow certain plants, much less ingest them

smoke them or otherwise put them in their OWN bodies - in the privacy of their own homes, even. For some reason the government thinks it has more of a right to say what goes into your bloodstream and central nervous system than you do.

For some strange reason, that's always struck me as more than a little fucked up.

You think your body belongs to you? Ha. Try getting adequate pain management -and a doctor who isn't terrified of the DEA- if you're seriously or terminally ill, much less arranging a pain-free exit of your own choosing. Sorry, buddy. Your body belongs to the government- an outgrowth, IMHO, of thousands of years of Western religious tradition teaching that we don't belong to ourselves, we "belong" to "God".

[DaveColorado]

5. Lawrence V Texas

The law would not have been enforceable anyways.

This is a symbolic win for gays in Missouri of all places.

[evlbstrd]

7. I read about this.

I find it somehow truly bizarre. Our state constitution was amended to discriminate against gays two years ago, but now it's legal for them to have consensual sex. And Repugs sponsored it. So, they can't get married, but they can have sex without going to jail.

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. There are more details on the Fired Up site

It is pretty odd. But it's bound to piss off the talibornagains. And that's good :evilgrin:

[evlbstrd]

10. I followed the link and read.

The story only came out because AG Nixon announced he was dropping a case because the change was signed into law. Blunt is either dumber than we even thought, or is pandering for the gay vote.

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. It's the gay vote

We know what a huge constituency that is in the show me state :sarcasm:

[REP]

16. KC MO Has the 2nd Largest Gay Community (per capita) in the US

Since you're in Johnson County, you may not realize that, but it does! KC - lousy weather, but not a bad city!

[proud2BlibKansan]

18. There is a lot more to Missouri than KC

[REP]

19. Most of the Population is in KC, STL, Columbia and Springfield

And guess where the GBLT and Democrats are? Same places! I know, because I lived there much longer than you've lived in Johnson County, KS and I still have family in Missouri (hell, we built the first building in Westport ... we've been there a while).

[proud2BlibKansan]

20. And how do you know how long I have lived ANYWHERE?

Agent Mike, is that you?

[REP]

21. You've Posted That Info!

I have a good memory for hometown details.

[proud2BlibKansan]

22. Ok, How long have I lived here?

[evlbstrd]

23. Man, you're old!

Are you Jim Bridger?

[proud2BlibKansan]

24. I was thinking maybe that McCoy guy

You know - he had one of the first businesses in Westport.

Or even Chouteau?

[evlbstrd]

25. Man, I love Google

"In May 1834, a post office was established as West Port (two words), and John Calvin McCoy was appointed Postmaster. McCoy filed his town plat at the courthouse in Independence on February 13, 1835. Westport was incorporated on February 12, 1857. Lot #1, Block One, of McCoy's plat is the northeast corner of Westport Road and Pennsylvania. This historic site can truly be said to be the birthplace of Kansas City.

All three of the western trails - the California, the Oregon and the Santa Fe passed through the town on present day Westport Road. Prior to the Civil War, Westport prospered as the eastern portal of the western trails. The population probably peaked in 1858 at about 2,000. After the Civil War, Kansas City, which was platted in 1839 by McCoy, became the dominant community and Westport declined. It was annexed to Kansas City in 1897, but a court challenge to the annexation was not settled by the Missouri Supreme Court until 1899."

[proud2BlibKansan]

26. Wow you probably have old cow pies in your yard

or maybe even oxen pies. Yum. . .

[evlbstrd]

27. Could be.

I'd have to get past a lot of "dog treats" to find them, though.

[Nevernose]

14. Curiosity: Was heterosexual sodomy illegal, or all sodomy illegal?

And no, I'm not hinting at some larger point here. I just have a dirty mind.

[REP]

17. All Illegal

[pschoeb]

30. Incorrect, it only banned same sex acts

The sodomy law in Missouri, because of earlier Appeals cases in 1999, only applies to non-consensual sex. Missouri had a sexual misconduct law passes in 1999, that made homosexual acts a crime, and said law was enforced. This is what was essentially overturned by the Supreme Court Case, and now gotten rid of by Missouri's legislature.

[cfield]

15. We're getting ready to move there!

And seeing as both my husband and I are bi, this could keep us legal...

[Orsino]

28. Another Job Well Done for the Homosexual Agenda(tm).

Building a bridge to the twentieth century!

[bonemachine]

41. LOL

Still a little behind the times, then?

[catmandu57]

31. As long as it pisses off the fundies

I don't care the repukes have used and abused them for the last couple of years, I hope it pisses them off enough to get the fuck out of politics altogether.

[proud2BlibKansan]

34. And this could contribute to their abandoning baby blunt

I know several fundie groups in KS are so pissed off they are working for Dem candidates.

[ComerPerro]

32. So Blunt sold out to the homosexual agenda

[proud2BlibKansan]

35. Sure looks like it

:rofl:

[countingbluecars]

33. Hi proud2Blib,

A teacher friend of mine is related to Melanie Blunt and attended the governor's inaugural events last year. She said the talk was all about how young Blunt was being groomed to run for president in the future. Maybe this is a move to appear more moderate.

[proud2BlibKansan]

36. Is that his wife's name?

She wore a fur coat to the inaugural and immediately upset the left.

Matt is the 47th least popular governor in the country. He can't run the state, no way is he a viable presidential candidate. I doubt he could take the vote in his home state. His dad's chances at re-election look bleak as well. You lay down with dogs (Tom Delay) you gonna get fleas. Roy Blunt is very flea infested now.

[countingbluecars]

37. So he is doing that well!

Melanie is his wife's name. She grew up in Middleburg, Virginia. I taught at the Middleburg elementary public school for several years.

[Warren DeMontague]

38. Yeah, I think Lawrence V. Texas nullified those laws already.

Which doesn't meant there aren't still plenty of idiotic 'Merkins with nothing better to do than turn gays into criminals for having sex.

[dysfunctional press]

42. whenever i see "blunt" and "legalizes" in the same sentence...

i have to take a second look.

no such luck...