Poll, regarding homosexuality

[Occulus]

Poll question: Poll, regarding homosexuality

Do you think the Federal Government will try in the next few years to recriminalize homosexuality?

What about states?

How much do we need to fear this?

(I have heard no word that this will or may happen. I fear we'll be blindsided by it.)

[arwalden]

1. Which States Still Criminalize Homosexuality?

There's a list somewhere. Even if the anti-gay laws aren't routinely enforced, they are still on the books and often used to harass and intimidate.

[Occulus]

2. What might the existence of such laws lead to, arwalden?

I'm interested in your thoughts on this....

[Poppyseedman]

3. No, the feds will leave it up to the states to take the heat.

As for fearing this scenario, I don't think it will hold up in court in most states. Doesn't mean they won't try.

[xchrom]

4. in some states, for sure. why wouldn't they?

that would be a very clear goal of conservative christians.
it's simple, and to the point -- and does the thing that all conservatives love so well -- it creates division.
win, lose, or draw -- at least in the short term gay folk will take a bashing.

[soleft]

5. There are Dominionists seeking high office who want the death penalty

Seem too out there. Heck, I always assumed social security was going to be around.

[Stop_the_War]

6. I'm pretty sure Texas will do it...and a bunch of redneck states also...

I FEAR THIS ALOT!
:scared: :scared: :scared: :scared:

[Misunderestimator]

9. And Florida will be next in line... can't adopt children here already.

[OneBlueSky]

7. well, we're certainly the right's new targets . . .

now that they don't have commies to kick around anymore, it's over to gays and Muslims . . . hateful folks need someone to hate, and right now we're high on their list . . . don't know if homosexuality will be criminalized, but I wouldn't be surprised . . . in the meantime, we'll see all kinds of measures directed against us, from bans on gays teaching, to marriage prohibitions, to not mentioning gay families in schools, to removing gay literature from libraries, etc. . . I shudder to think what other surprises they're cooking up for us . . .

[leftynyc]

8. I believe the supreme court decision Lincoln vs Texas

will be too high a hurdle. Though I wouldn't put it past some states to try.

[evil_orange_cat]

10. get real people... this isn't the 50's

of course it won't be "recriminalized"...

I'm concerned about the results of this poll.

[Occulus]

11. With one party in full control, I can't afford to be optimistic.

Just last year or the year before there was a city ordinance proposed in my town which would have made it illegal to punish landlords for discrimination based on sexual orientation. The ordinance would have allowed for the immediate eviction of such on those grounds alone, IIRC.

It was defeated, but a big proponent of the bill was a member of the DeVos family, which now seeks to sink its bigoted tendrils into our governorship. We already have a Constitutional Amendment legalizing discrimination against us here; this family wants to do more.

You may be concerned about the results of this poll, but I'm vitally concerned about the fact that the question needed to be asked.