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Bryn Mawr;759232 wrote: So why is that example not applied to the drugs that are currently under prohibition?

You got me on that one my friend!

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<t>grh;758874 wrote: I've never understood why alcohol is legal and marijuana isn't. 
 
 
That, of course, is the age old argument. I am though "far" from an authority on sumptuary laws abroad or even in the US here. 
 
I don't know if you live in the states here, we have alot ...

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<t>RedGlitter;758716 wrote: I saw this cartoon and immediately thought of Mitt Romney and that video of him blowing off the cerebral palsy victim who asked him if he'd support medical marijuana. 
 
What do you guys think about this issue? For? Against? Don't care? Would a candidate's take on ...

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<t>Galbally;758237 wrote: What a wanker. Interesting that someones distress at not being able to dress in a religious manner is considered more important than the distress of a woman who has undergone having chemotherapy showing her bald scalp publicly. Says a lot about how "secular" society really ...

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<t>It frosts me that this judge made an allowance for religious reasons yet could not extend any compassion to this woman. Contempt for the court my butt, he showed contempt for this poor woman 
 
 
He should have permitted the lady to wear her hat, I agree. The religious attire, here a ...

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<r>Galbally;757798 wrote: Sure your only human, like the rest of us. :-6 I also have been known to get moody on occasion, though I try to not post when I am in a strop about something as its usually counterproductive. 
 
 
I hear ya buddy! 
 
 
 
Though actually, I am ...

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<t>RedGlitter;757328 wrote: I know some people aren't comfy answering this and that's cool, but I was wondering what political parties we have represented at FG? Do you tend to vote strictly by party or do you vote more for the individual? 
 
Libertarian here. 
 
I vote for the ...

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<t>Accountable;757732 wrote: I see what you mean, in that simply applying for welfare isn't probable cause for checking for drugs. However, it could be made part of an agreement that must be signed. If a person wants a check, they must agree to undergo urinalysis. 
 
 
Consent may be ...

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<r>Galbally;757725 wrote: As an aside about faith ect. Just because someone is aware that it was not possible for the story of the Garden of Eden to be true, or that the concept that a biblical figure called Noah put a mating pair of every land speicies of planet Earth on a boat and sailed around ...

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Clint, it may be a sound idea, but there is a Constitutional matter of unreasonable searches to deal with! Can it pass Constitutional muster??

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<t>spot;757446 wrote: Here's a list of legality by state.First-cousin marriage without restriction is permitted in nineteen states — Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island, South Carolina ...

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<r>AussiePam;757041 wrote: When God made Adam and Eve, they were the only people, and presumably from them came all of humanity. This is what I understand a large proportion of Christians, particularly in the United States, believe. Adam and Eve must have had daughters as well as the two sons ...

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All I can say is WOW Mike. I would love to travel to Egypt and see the great Sphinx and other pyramids and float down the Nile.

I am glad you had a blast. I loved the pictures.

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<r>RedGlitter;756370 wrote: <URL url="http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/01/10/kare.facebook.suspensions.cnn"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/200 ... nsions.cnn">http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/01/10/kare.facebook.suspensions.cnn</LINK_TEXT></URL> 
 
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<t>spot;755807 wrote: He may have had every desire to see the US government collapse and a hope that his action was one more chip into the foundations - though why he'd have though it would provoke or accelerate the collapse of government baffles me - but I've never heard a word he said which ...

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gmc;755769 wrote: Perhaps you meant he was a megalomaniac?

You forced me to go to the dictionary on that one.

That is a distinct possibility, yes.

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<t>spot;755250 wrote: That really is a strange use of the word tyrant. He was a criminal. Maybe he was a conspirator. He broke something, he didn't make a bid for power much less achieve it. Nobody's tried to overthrow the constitutional basis of the USA since it was founded. Getting rid of the ...

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<t>Sheryl;754492 wrote: I saw this quote on a video I was watching, and it just rings true! 
 
Agree? Disagree? 
 
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. 
 
James Madison 
 
 
Sheryl, as my username ...

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<r>moonpie;742418 wrote: I am not totally sure, but I would think that the Fed Gov't is not gettiing involved. It would be the Commissioners of Baseball, Steroids is not illegal - only iin Sports. That is what my thought is. 
 
 
Anabolic steroids are a Schedule 4 contolled substance in ...

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<t>Bryn Mawr;754955 wrote: This was a case in the UK where a motorcyclist was jailed for the crime of speeding - shared a cell with a lifer doing time for murder. ISTR it was about a one year sentence. 
 
 
 
 
Not only this, but those who are arrested for any crime and can not ...

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<t>Bryn Mawr;754817 wrote: So it's open season on anyone the authorities send to jail - whatever happens to them is OK by you? 
 
So the poor sod who was jailed here recently for speeding could be beated senseless, raped and then killed any that's natural justice - he'd forfitted his human ...

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<t>RedGlitter;754775 wrote: Absolutely the law should allow it. It's not the law's business who sleeps with who if both parties are willing and of legal age. I don't buy into that breach of trust bologna. If you're considered an adult then you buy your ticket and you take your chance. If it doesn't ...

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<t>Oh by the way RG, here is Arizona's law on the AOC, being 18: 
 
13-1405. Sexual conduct with a minor; classifications 
 
A. A person commits sexual conduct with a minor by intentionally or knowingly engaging in sexual intercourse or oral sexual contact with any person who is ...

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<t>RedGlitter;754677 wrote: You know, back in the 1800s it was not uncommon for girls to marry at as young as 13 or 14 years old. And have kids a year or so later. Forgetting the marriage aspect for a minute and concentrating only on the sexual aspect, what is the difference between then and now ...

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<t>RedGlitter;754667 wrote: That would have to depend on the circumstances of the killing. I am unable to offer a specific age for you but I'll go as far as saying I do not generally object to kids being tried for murder. In this case? Definitely. A 12 year old knows what's going to happen if he ...

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<t>RedGlitter;754666 wrote: Okay. No offense taken. 
 
Why do you disagree with those ages and what ages would you recommend? 
 
I disagree with them because they punish good and innocent people who can make up their own minds and I don't like that. Past a certain age they are ...

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RG, at what age would you allow a juvenile to be prosecuted for murder as an adult??

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<t>RedGlitter;754659 wrote: Oh come on, that's not even worth being rhetorical. I'd make it 15 or 16 for males and females both. Everywhere. I'm sure it'll be argued that a 15 or 16 year old person does not have the complete maturity needed to comprehend sex, blablabla, but it's old enough to do the ...

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<t>Bryn Mawr;754571 wrote: Not suspicion - I maintain that there is no possible reason for a peaceable, law abiding, citizen to carry weapons. Any person carrying a weapon is doing so with intent. 
 
 
 
 
I don't know about England, but over 3/4 of the US States have passed ...

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<r>RedGlitter;754646 wrote: 
 
 
 
I'm sorry to hear this, Bryn. I think you probably already know my feelings on statutory rape laws by now but if not, I disagree with them vehemently. If the 15 year old was willing, the 18 year old should not have been jailed. 15 is far from ...

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<r>I had mentioned this in another thread but I was not aware they had granted review. I was not following SCOTUS that close recently. Here is the Petition for certiorari to the LA supreme court: 
 
 
 
<URL url="http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/Kennedy%20v.%20La ...

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<t>RedGlitter;753636 wrote: What's to stop them anyway, SCC? They're not rational people, they don't think with common sense. I could turn that around and say that realistically, knowing you're going to die for defiling a person may be a deterrent. But then again, we're dealing with monsters and not ...

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<t>moonpie;753597 wrote: I am sorry if I sound stuipid. Even though I lived in the States for approx 15 years and my husband did enough politics for the both of us, I am still unsure as to how it is determined which States are first visited during the caucasus. Iowa was the first State where ...

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<t>suzycreamcheese;753117 wrote: It absolutely turns my stomach, but even if i advocated the death penalty, it certainly wouldnt be for things done to people already dead. 
 
Of course if it was my child, id want to kill them myself, but we dont have vigilante law. For the law to work, we ...

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<t>There is currently a case before the United States Supreme Court, on appeal from no other than the DC circuit Court of Appeals, in which they will decide whether the 2ND Amendment is applicable to the states, that is whether the right to bear arms is an "individual" right and not just a ...

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<t>AussiePam;753048 wrote: 
 
 
 
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There seems to be such an anti-children undercurrent in FG lately I thought that in fairness, maybe we should have at least one thread which does not set out from the premise that all children are nasty, snivelling brats - and ...

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<r>ThePheasant;750346 wrote: I voted for a new job .... 
 
I am going to be president of USA, getting paid loads of $,... . 
 
 
 
 
G.W. Bush is the 1st President to make an annual salary of $400,000.00. 
 
<URL url="http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html ...

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mikeinie;750320 wrote: What would you like in 2008?

I voted for World peace.

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<t>When you start a "new thread", underneath the text box where you type is another area of "options", here is a copy and paste of what it says. You just fill in the "options" of what you want at the POLL part, such as yes, no, maybe, etc. 
 
 
 
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<t>Sheryl, these archaic laws, if still on the technical books are mostly unenforceable. Under the doctrine of desuetude, laws that are outdated/outmoded have "impliedly" repealed themselves. 
 
 
 
Many states still have laws on the books that have been ruled federally ...

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<r>rjwould;744274 wrote: I guess you mean, 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness'? 
 
 
That is a quote from the Declaration of Independence. 
 
 
 
I know a little about Constitutional law and I do have a case in my notes that would correlate to this though:<br ...

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<t>There is certainly immorality in government, but the "legal" definition of entrapment is FAR from a personal one. 
 
 
 
Online stings to catch pedophiles who agree to engage in relations with a person under the age of consent or federal law (interstate) is an extremely ...

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<r>RedGlitter;713612 wrote: What do you think about this? 
 
 
 
Teen Challenges Moment-Of-Silence Law 
 
 
RG, I used to be friends with a teacher and was always looking up school law to impress her. <E>;)</E> 
 
I just had to remember the case name, and it came ...

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<r>ThePheasant;742007 wrote: With NJ abolishing death penalty I was wondering what people felt about the death penalty here? 
 
I think it should be kept - some people should just not be allowed to live. Some of the crimes they have committed are so horrific. I really don't think us tax ...

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<t>grh;742187 wrote: Federal Laws Providing for the Death Penalty 
 
Homicide related Crimes: 
 
 
 
Murder of a member of Congress, an important executive official, or a Supreme Court Justice. (18 U.S.C. 351 [by cross-reference to 18 U.S.C. 1111] ) 
 
 
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<r>I have 15 posts in, so I can now link URL's, here is the complaint: 
 
 
 
<URL url="http://www.faith-freedom.com/uploads/cases/Complaint%20for%20Declaratory%20and%20Injunctive%20Relief_12.11.07.pdf"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.faith-freedom.com/uploads/ca ... .11.07.pdf">http ...

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<t>BTS;716800 wrote: So Red............ 
 
I ask, where in the Constitution are the words "separation of church and state"? 
 
Where? 
 
 
 
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . . ."<br ...

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<t>LilacDragon;713857 wrote: 
 
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But I can't remember the last time someone brought a lawsuit against someone for a symbol of another major religion's holidays or phrases. 
 
 
Ponder this: 42 USC 666 permits states to require an applicant to provide a ...

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<t>Stardust;735474 wrote: I am due to get another job soon and have just had a verbal warning from my present employer. This is probably better answered by those in the UK, can a verbal warning affect your reference when it is required from a prospective employer? I have only had a verbal warning on ...

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<t>gmc;738924 wrote: 
 
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Don't know about the states (or your nationality come to that ) but in the UK you can't just be fired at the whim of an employer. she has been warned, the next stage would be a formal written warning and then dismissal. 
 
 
 
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