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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 in the affairs of humans)?--jk
[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.
John Stuart Mill on the evils of religion--one page says it all!
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