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    <author><![CDATA[yanqui69]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Ah, the Commerce Clause that the Federal Government used to usurp power from the States granted them in the 11th Amendment.
        
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    <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:48:36 -0500</pubDate>
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      <![CDATA[Non-discriminatory laws infer that the government can intervene into a private corporation or business and force them into hiring all classes of people. Trespassing laws keep undesirables off one's property that they choose not to associate with.
        
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      <![CDATA[Well, this sounds something like the DoD's policy, except that it doesn't give special rights to gays, just outlines what sexual harrassment is (which goes both ways, pardon the pun). You can be gay, but cannot commit the sexual acts, some of which straight do also partake in too.
        
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      <![CDATA[That's why I say screw the law.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[BlissLaw]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Google Texas v. Lawrence for your answer. Sodomy laws violate the individual right to privacy, and being gay in and of itself was rarely illegal, sex acts like sodomy, fellatio, and cunnilingus have been outlawed at various times in various states, for both straight and gay couples I might add.
        
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    <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:29:22 -0500</pubDate>
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      <![CDATA[Steve Mulroy stated, "For the record, neither my original proposal nor the final compromise version required...or provided protection for pedophilia, bestiality, or any other activity forbidden by law."<br>
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I am not a lawyer, so I have a question? Are not homosexual acts considered criminal acts according to current Tennessee Code SS(legal symbol) 40-35-110 to 40-35-112.<br>
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If they are, then how can City Council pass a law that violates state law?
        
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    <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:56:27 -0500</pubDate>
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      <![CDATA[Phillip, <br>
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I've worked with gays in the military and had no major problems, but don't you think you should have used a poll of military servicemembers not average citizens? That would be a better sample to justify your case.
        
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    <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:48:11 -0500</pubDate>
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      <![CDATA[Now, I hope that all Memphis Flyer readers will take the time to send a letter to President Obama so President Obama will keep his campaign promise to his millions of GLBT supporters and follow Professor Mulroy's courageous example and end "don't ask, don't tell" in the United States Military, which is the largest employer in the United States.<br>
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"A recent Washington Post/ABC News poll found that 75 percent of respondents supported allowing gays to serve openly in the military, up from 62 percent in 2001 and 44 percent in 1993."<br>
Source: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/17/dont.ask.dont.tell/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/17/don&hellip;</a><br>
        
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    <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:11:24 -0500</pubDate>
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