(01-07-2023, 12:41 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: Marty is simply looking at this through a legal prism, and he's right. Laws can't be created to thwart a particular class of people.

However, if the actions of that particular class of people are what is causing these laws to be created, or enforced, does he still have an objection?

Yes, I would have an objection.  Laws should apply to everyone equally.  We don't write laws aimed at specific classes of people.  We don't write laws that say "Catholic priests cannot molest children" we don't write laws that say "White people cannot discriminate" and we don't write laws that say "Teenagers can't exceed the speed limit."  We write laws that say no one can molest children, no one can discriminate, and no one can exceed speed limits without penalty.  

If you want to write a law in response to kids watching a sexually explicit performance, then write a law that says kids cannot watch a sexually explicit performance.  There's no need to write a law that says kids cannot watch a sexually explicit performance if it's by men wearing dresses.  That's kind of silly.

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