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DomKen -> Bigotry in Baton Rouge (7/28/2013 2:21:04 PM)
http://theadvocate.com/home/6580728-125/gays-in-baton-rouge-arrested The local Sheriff's department continues to arrest gay men for the crime of being gay. Truly disgusting.

Politesub53 -> RE: Bigotry in Baton Rouge (7/28/2013 4:25:29 PM)
Sheriff Hicks..........sounds about right. If this wasnt homophobic then the Sheriffs should have been trying to entrap everyone who was seeking to hook up for a date. The notion hetrosexuals dont meet one another in public places is absurd.

Powergamz1 -> RE: Bigotry in Baton Rouge (7/28/2013 5:06:12 PM)
I'd say about $1 million per false arrest, straight out of the Sheriff's pocket sounds fair. Louisiana would also be the state where a local yokel JP recently refused to marry an interracial couple decades after the USSC ruling in Loving struck down those laws.

Kirata -> RE: Bigotry in Baton Rouge (7/28/2013 6:49:40 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DomKen http://theadvocate.com/home/6580728-125/gays-in-baton-rouge-arrested The local Sheriff's department continues to arrest gay men for the crime of being gay. Truly disgusting. From your source: District Attorney Hillar Moore III said his office refused to prosecute each one of the cases because his assistants found no crime had occurred. After inquiries from the newspaper last week, he arranged to meet with Sheriff’s Office investigators to discuss the implications of the Supreme Court ruling. Casey Rayborn Hicks, a Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman, denied that investigators had been misapplying the anti-sodomy law, which remains among the state’s criminal statutes. “This is a law that is currently on the Louisiana books, and the sheriff is charged with enforcing the laws passed by our Louisiana Legislature,” Hicks said. “Whether the law is valid is something for the courts to determine, but the sheriff will enforce the laws that are enacted.” Maybe enough of these cases will pressure the legislature to take the law off the books. K.

dcnovice -> RE: Bigotry in Baton Rouge (7/28/2013 6:57:47 PM)
quote: “Whether the law is valid is something for the courts to determine, Didn't the Supreme Court decide that in Lawrence v. Texas (2003)?

WebWanderer -> RE: Bigotry in Baton Rouge (7/28/2013 7:09:43 PM)
Bigotry in Louisiana? Say it ain't so! [sm=runaway.gif]

DomKen -> RE: Bigotry in Baton Rouge (7/28/2013 7:10:06 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: dcnovice quote: “Whether the law is valid is something for the courts to determine, Didn't the Supreme Court decide that in Lawrence v. Texas (2003)? They did. The repugnant thing about this is there are a lot of unconstitutional laws remaining on the books. Most legislatures don't bother repealing them when they are over turned. This Sheriff is doing this strictly out of spite.

vincentML -> RE: Bigotry in Baton Rouge (7/29/2013 8:30:04 AM)
quote: Maybe enough of these cases will pressure the legislature to take the law off the books. In the meanwhile innocent men spend a night in jail. [:-]

pahunkboy -> RE: Bigotry in Baton Rouge (7/29/2013 9:50:30 AM)
Locally we got rid of some of the outdated laws on the books. A sheriff is the most powerful man in any given county.

MrRodgers -> RE: Bigotry in Baton Rouge (7/29/2013 10:16:44 AM)
Wait, does this mean the planter's son could have his slaves back ? There could be a state that hasn't repealed those laws. We'll...there could be. I mean in America, bigotry could be a profit center, let's see. I don't know though, let's think about that one. The Chinese do pretty well and have to support themselves. Even Adam Smith (Wealth of Nations) said freeman labor...was cheaper than owning slave labor. Then there are the Vietnamese and Indian too. Gotta be 1/3 of the world's population...cheaper than owning slaves. How about say ya'know accounting for inflation...$50 a vote ? The feds won't be checking up on them anymore. I think we need to rethink all of this seeing has how such laws could still be on the books.

jlf1961 -> RE: Bigotry in Baton Rouge (7/29/2013 11:55:52 AM)
Go here to see about unconstitutional laws on the books in many states.

popeye1250 -> RE: Bigotry in Baton Rouge (7/29/2013 1:31:23 PM)
For every law enacted they should have to get rid of two already on the books.

Powergamz1 -> RE: Bigotry in Baton Rouge (7/29/2013 3:29:07 PM)
Baton Rouge isn't a county. quote: ORIGINAL: pahunkboy Locally we got rid of some of the outdated laws on the books. A sheriff is the most powerful man in any given county.

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