Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Is the Supreme Court Indecent?

Today the news carried word that the Supreme Court of Canada has overturned indecency convictions related to two wife swapping clubs in Quebec. The owners had been charged with operating a bawdy house. The Supreme Court has decided that issues of decency must be settled on the basis of harm rather than society's standards.

I wonder if the Supreme Court has any idea what a momentous decision this is? I wonder if they are aware of how far reaching this decision is, or of how this decision will be applied? I assume there will be little additional demand for wife swapping clubs, but think of what other activities are considered to be indecent by the standards of our society, but which do not result in immediate, obvious and physical harm.

I could see it coming when the government legalized same-sex marriage, but today's ruling accelerates the downward spiral. I predict that within 10 years (Dec 21, 2015) we will see polygamy and consentual incest legalized. Some of our political leaders may say that this is scare-mongering and that the decisions being made today will not lead to these repulsive practices, but legally speaking I don't think they will have any defense. They have pushed for the laws they wanted with regards to homosexuality, and they will reap fundamental changes in our society.

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