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No constitutional right to consensual BDSM acts?
March 24, 2016 at 10:24 am
So this happened. 
Federal Court Rules You Have No Constitutional Right to Engage in 100% Consensual Rough Sex
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/federal...rough-sex/
Quote:The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia released its decision in the case of Doe v. George Mason University et al. and, for some reason, they felt compelled to weigh in on whether there is a constitutional right to engage in consensual BDSM sex. Their answer is, ‘no.’
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In their decision, the court addressed the entire practice known collectively as “BDSM,” which is an acronym for the acts it entails, namely bondage, discipline, dominance, submission, sadism, and masochism.
The court found that banning or outlawing consensual BDSM is justified as it will ‘protect’ any future participants who may be harmed by their decision to engage in such acts.
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The slippery logic used by the court for their justification, in this case, is dangerous. The court claims since there is no deeply rooted history in BDSM, then the federal government has every right to ban it, in spite of the act being entirely consensual.
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By this logic, talking on the cellphone is can be deemed unconstitutional, as there is no historical use of cellphones.
Furthermore, the vague and overly-broad ruling on what is considered BDSM leaves room for additional state intervention into the bedrooms of consenting adults. By this definition, the act of spanking your spouse on the behind during sex could warrant a criminal investigation.
The article states that the plaintiff in the case failed to end the BDSM sex when the "safe word" was used by his partner - but that does not give the Federal government the leeway to come in and declare that engaging in consensual BDSM sex now violates a person's constitutional rights - like wuuuut??
Using the same logic the court used, having passengers in your car should be deemed unconstitutional because driving cars carries the inherent risk of getting into a serious accident, whether or not that passenger consented to get into your car or not.
WTF America?
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RE: No constitutional right to consensual BDSM acts?
March 24, 2016 at 10:27 am
(This post was last modified: March 24, 2016 at 10:29 am by Chad32.)
We just got around to making vanilla same sex acts legal. I'm not surprised by this news. The people in charge just really don't like sex in this country.
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RE: No constitutional right to consensual BDSM acts?
March 24, 2016 at 10:35 am
Where's the line between BDSM and 'kink' ??
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RE: No constitutional right to consensual BDSM acts?
March 24, 2016 at 10:37 am
(This post was last modified: March 24, 2016 at 10:40 am by robvalue.)
That's just completely stupid. Utterly batshit.
Why not have a government agent posted in everyone's bedroom? Anytime two people are alone, one of them could start hitting the other one, whether or not any consensual rough stuff has gone on previously.
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RE: No constitutional right to consensual BDSM acts?
March 24, 2016 at 10:47 am
I won't, but I could post a GIF of something that would have the rest of you scratching your heads as to how something like that would even be SURVIVABLE, let alone pleasurable, but it is.
I think the naivete of the court in this case is staggering . . . .
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RE: No constitutional right to consensual BDSM acts?
March 24, 2016 at 10:49 am
(This post was last modified: March 24, 2016 at 10:49 am by vorlon13.)
Damn, serious post from me, didn't even put in a word some of the more adventurous here might google to their everlasting horror . . .
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RE: No constitutional right to consensual BDSM acts?
March 24, 2016 at 10:59 am
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I just told my wife and she's not interested in discussing it
Surely, the problem is going to come from any non consensual part, such as the continuation after using the safety word in this case. So why make the consensual part illegal too? Who, exactly, is going to report the crime? Peeping Toms?
This is so fucking stupid I can't believe it.
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RE: No constitutional right to consensual BDSM acts?
March 24, 2016 at 11:07 am
All I hear in my head is judas priest breaking the law.
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No constitutional right to consensual BDSM acts?
March 24, 2016 at 11:10 am
Yeah...this is just ridiculous. The whole point is that the acts are consensual. When someone feels they have been victimized, or a crime has been committed upon them, that is the only time the courts should get involved in people's sex lives. What's next? Outlawing the use of foods (chocolate, sauce, whipped cream, ect.) in the bedroom due to risk of infection? Talk about a slippery slope!
What do you guys think about the depiction of hardcore BDSM in pornography? Cool, or not cool?
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RE: No constitutional right to consensual BDSM acts?
March 24, 2016 at 11:19 am
Totalitarianism at it's best.
The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.
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