...and that goes for marriage rights as well. And as it's the state that I'm
eager to leave, I'm sure none of you will be surprised to learn that
the lawmakers of the state of Indiana are making every effort to ensure that
they're in the lead when it comes to the absolution of personal rights and
freedoms.
The Indiana State Govt. Center in Indianapolis:
where the only moral citizens of the state (apparently)
meet to decide the fate of the rest of us
It's no joke, nor is it any secret. The US Midwest
clings to our puritan ancestry with its sharp claws like no other
part of the entire country. Why? Maybe because we're centralized, farther
separated from the waters enabling international trade and the exchange of
ideas and information. Everyone in and outside of this country is familiar
with the jokes about the ways, intelligence, and mindset of those in
Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama. Perhaps those with broader views stay
clear of the Midwest due to the stereotypes while those few open minds
raised here escape to other parts of the country later in their lives.
No matter the reason, the fact still stands. Indiana and the rest of the
Midwest is behind the times, behind the rest of the world in realizing the
rights of individuals and the multi-faceted benefits of protecting them.
After all, Indiana recently flunked a report conducted by the Heartland
Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights ("Bad
Marks," NUVO) grading the state's overall treatment of its own citizens.
Nice. We rank 8th out of all midwestern states on the same scale used
internationally.
When it comes to archaic sex laws, we all like to
laugh at them. We know some US states have some pretty entertaining
ones that no one has bothered to revisit and eliminate, like those deeming
oral sex illegal. An Indy resident has recently been taken to court ("Taking
Dominance to the Courts," NUVO) and charged with a slew of horrible sex
crimes. The local dominatrix "inflicted torture and humiliation and engaged
in sexual acts such as masochism and the erotic infliction of pain and
humiliation." It doesn't matter that her line of work includes consensual
and agreed upon physical and mental stimulation; our Indiana govt. is
stating that she's somehow breaking the local zoning ordinances... none of
which state anything pertaining to her case or activities.
It's evident that the state has needed to directly address the issue of
sexual rights and confirm, once and for all, just which freedoms its
residents should be permitted. Lawmakers recently met to do just that. The
results were startling ("Sex
and the Statehouse," NUVO). Instead of eliminating or rewriting
obviously outdated laws infringing on personal rights, our govt. officials
just confirmed their legitimacy and decided to maintain every single one of
them. In short, it would be hard to prove that there's a single sexually
active adult in the entire state who is not now officially determined to be
a sexual deviant or can be charged with the associated crimes.
Historical and recently reconfirmed Indiana
state law:
- We're all sexually deviates and,
legally, should be in jail. State law dictates, "Deviate sexual conduct
means an act involving 1) a sex organ of one person and the mouth or
anus of another person; or 2) the penetration of the sex organ or anus
of a person by an object." In other words, we can't be personally
acquainted with blow jobs, butts or batteries publicly or behind closed
doors.
- It's illegal for a man to publicly sport an
erection, just as in 15 other states.
- Absolutely no sex before marriage is
permitted. "A mutually faithful monogamous relationship in the
context of marriage is the expected standard of human sexual activity,"
because we base that law on what the Holy Bible dictates, of course; and
because of that, "public schools must stress sexual abstinence until
marriage and may not provide instruction regarding family planning,
contraception or disease risk-reduction methods."
Can it get any worse than that? Of course it can! According to Indiana
law, "state and local funds are only given to a sexual education program
that 'has as its exclusive purpose teaching the social, psychological
and health gains to be realized by abstaining from sexual activity;
teaches abstinence from sexual activity outside marriage as the expected
standard; teaches that abstinence from sexual activity is the only
certain way to avoid out-of-wedlock pregnancy, sexually transmitted
diseases and other associated health problems; teaches that a mutually
faithful monogamous relationship in context of marriage is the expected
standard of human sexual activity; teaches that sexual activity outside
of the context of marriage is likely to have harmful psychological and
physical effects; teaches that bearing children out-of-wedlock is likely
to have harmful consequences for the child, the child’s parents and
society.'"
- Any two adults living together in a sexual
relationship are "living in sin." "A bill was introduced in the
state Legislature last month for an act to amend the Indiana code
concerning family and juvenile law to read as follows: 'Marriage is
preferred, encouraged, and supported over any other domestic
relationship.'" And that means "couples choosing to “live in sin” will
be legally barred from receiving benefits married couples receive." In
our neighboring state of Ohio "a motion has already been introduced by a
public defender to dismiss domestic violence charges against defendants
who are not legally married to their accusers."
- Having children out of wedlock
should be
illegal. We recently went through a state senator trying to make
marriage a requirement for motherhood. Now, she's only seeking to
legally require "establishing parentage within the court system for
children born through assisted reproduction, gestational agreements, or
surrogacy agreements."
- Only one male and one female can be married.
"You can be retarded. You can be first cousins. You can be 15 and still
get married. But you can’t be gay."
- A bad marriage is better than no marriage.
Indiana is in the top 10 of all US states for having the highest divorce
rate. To "solve" that, lawmakers are working to get rid of the currently
permissible "no-fault" divorce. In other words, it's a damn good thing
that I was divorced from no-good partner long ago, or perhaps I would've
been encouraging him to cheat on me so I could then leave his ass. Soon,
"marriage counseling would have to precede the Covenant Marriage and
only a few actions on the part of the couple could break the contract,
such as adultery."
- Abortion
should be illegal in any instance
except in cases threatening the very life of the pregnant woman.
"Indiana lawmakers have been bragging... that they have a plan to make
abortion illegal in the state of Indiana and open the door to overturn
Roe v. Wade around the country."
- Indiana teachers
should be
criminally charged for providing facts about abortion or
marriage. It'll soon be introduced in the form of a "preference for
marriage" bill stating that instructors cannot instruct on anything
contrary to state law... even if our very laws are based on fiction,
personal and political vendettas, and conservative opinions rather than
facts.
- Homosexuals are less than human.
Indiana "assembly is now considering a state law that would overturn
city and local ordinances prohibiting discrimination against homosexuals
in employment, housing or education."
I've got just one thing left to say. It's time to get the hell out of Dodge.
My partner and I are not contributing one more cent of our hard-earned money
to the state of Indiana and funding this ignorant and severely detrimental
way of thinking. In fact, maybe we'll set up a refuge for midwesterners in
some part of the world in the future. And we'll have orgies every day
powered by lots and lots of battery-operated objects.
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