Old Dominion Fornicators Rejoice!
Via the ever-amusing BoingBoing comes this news that I missed from the Post: sex between unmarried people is now legal in Virginia. Until last week, it was punishable by a $250 fine. (Meaning, incidentally, that by my calculations I owe the Commonwealth about a half a million bucks. Guess I should have stayed in North Carolina...)
If conservatives really were interested in smaller government and more freedom, this is, of course, exactly the kind of law they'd go after. But they aren't and they didn't. Whatever it is that conservatives really want, smaller government and more freedom isn't it.
Although the law hasn't been enforced since 1847, it's infuriating that an asinine, puritannical piece of legislative crap could remain on the books into the 21st century.
And if you go over to BoingBoing, make sure to check out the new Mr. Potato Head Darth Tater, the impending giant iceberg-glacier collision, and our evil 50's-era SLAM/Project Pluto.
Via the ever-amusing BoingBoing comes this news that I missed from the Post: sex between unmarried people is now legal in Virginia. Until last week, it was punishable by a $250 fine. (Meaning, incidentally, that by my calculations I owe the Commonwealth about a half a million bucks. Guess I should have stayed in North Carolina...)
If conservatives really were interested in smaller government and more freedom, this is, of course, exactly the kind of law they'd go after. But they aren't and they didn't. Whatever it is that conservatives really want, smaller government and more freedom isn't it.
Although the law hasn't been enforced since 1847, it's infuriating that an asinine, puritannical piece of legislative crap could remain on the books into the 21st century.
And if you go over to BoingBoing, make sure to check out the new Mr. Potato Head Darth Tater, the impending giant iceberg-glacier collision, and our evil 50's-era SLAM/Project Pluto.
posted by Winston Smith at
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