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The Blue Laws--jk
In our own country we have a swing back to religion. While it seems quite
remote that it would--even if the bible bangers came to power--order executions for fornication and adultery; however, criminal
penalties for these acts are still on some state books—though now ignored. Laws
against homosexuality are also in effect (New York State, in my lifetime, had on its books a law with a penalty of 40 years). There still are laws against teenagers committing fornication; these penalties would
be stiffened. Returning to Bible law, fornication and adultery would be against
the law. Pornography would undoubted include pictures of breasts. There goes our nude beaches and topless bars. Playboy Magazine
would become a collector’s item, as would all those x-rated DVDs. In the
80s Playboy was banned in Mexico. I remember when in college reading a statement
by the Pope that he advised catholic men against wearing short-sleeve shirts. There
goes in public shorts, hip huggers, skirts above the knees, two-piece bathing suits, and v-necked blouses. In public schools would be uniforms like those worn today in Catholic schools. Oh, and under unnatural act laws, such as those of the last century, only the missionary position would
be legal. Massachusetts in the last century held as pornography literature on
birth control. The crime rate would again go up as millions of unwanted children
would be born into dysfunctional families, single parents, or be raised in homes for foundlings. And can we forget the Blue Laws still in effect in Pennsylvania.
They are designed to encourage its peoples to go to church on Sunday by closing bars.
When I was a kid, that law also closed retail establishments on Sunday. It
would be extended to close the malls dining, and recreational facilities.[i] Wouldn’t
it be wonderful if those who help empower Bush would form their own party and come to power so that they can do God’s
work (He’s getting to old and feeble, and his son absolutely will not mess again
[i] Puritan
colonies of New England had rigid laws prohibiting Sabbath breaking, breaches in family discipline, drunkenness, and excesses
in dress. Many states in the service of the church forbade the sale of cigarettes, and laws prohibited secular amusements
as well as all unnecessary work on Sunday; provision was made for strict local censorship of books, plays, films and other
means of instruction and entertainment. About three-fourths of the states still carry on their books laws imposing some kind of Sunday restriction on such
activities as retail sales, general labor, liquor sales, boxing, hunting, or barbering, as well as polo, cockfighting, or
clam digging. These laws have been challenged in federal courts as a violation of the Sherman Anti-trust Act and the First
Amendment guarantee of freedom of religion. The Supreme Court has upheld them, starting with McGowan v. Maryland
(1961), ruling that though the laws originated for religious reasons, the state has a right to set aside a day of rest for
the well-being of its citizens.
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