Canadians Can Have Group Sex in Clubs - Top Court

[papau]

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-sex.html

December 21, 2005
Canadians Can Have Group Sex in Clubs - Top Court
By REUTERS
Filed at 10:25 a.m. ET

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Group sex between consenting adults is neither prostitution nor a threat to society, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Wednesday, dismissing arguments that the sometimes raucous activities of so-called ``swingers'' clubs were dangerous.

In a ruling that radically changes the way Canadian courts determine what poses a threat to the population, the court threw out the conviction of a Montreal man who ran a club where members could have group sex in a private room behind locked doors.

``Consensual conduct behind code-locked doors can hardly be supposed to jeopardize a society as vigorous and tolerant as Canadian society,'' said the opinion of the seven-to-two majority, written by Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin.

The decision does not affect existing laws against prostitution because no money changed hands between the adults having sex.<snip>

In indecency cases, Canadian courts have traditionally probed whether the acts in question ``breached the rules of conduct necessary for the proper functioning of society.'' The Supreme Court ruled that from now on, judges should pay more attention to whether society would be harmed.<snip>

[matcom]

1. *places hand on heart*

OH CAAAANNNNAAAADDDAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! :patriot:

[papau]

3. Hi Matcom - hope you have a great Christmas/Holiday Season!

:-)

[matcom]

4. thank you my friend

you do the same! :hi:

[edbermac]

2. I'm packing my bags!

No Bush and multiple bush...AWESOME!

[Strong Atheist]

5. My kind of

ruling!:evilgrin:

[AllegroRondo]

6. Does that ruling apply to visitors as well,

or only Canadian citizens?

[papau]

7. The Patriot Act does not allow Americans to have this civil liberty -

not anywhere!

:-)

[raccoon]

8. Maybe John Bolton could put in a word about this with TPTB. nt

[LaraMN]

9. Canada is like our much cooler cousin..

we're related, but we just don't "get it" like they do. *snort* :rofl:

[AllegroRondo]

10. and they have all the good drugs

[JPZenger]

11. Thanks

I enjoyed the comment about Canada being our much cooler cousin. For anyone who missed it, this is a play on Tucker Carlson's recent absurd remark that Canada is like our retarded cousin who you pat on the head at a reunion, but otherwise ignore.

There was a great Malcolm in the Middle episode where they go visit their Canadian cousins, who they had not known about previously. The family is almost an exact duplicate of Malcolm's family, except the Canadian cousins are much cooler and have a much better life and are much better adjusted and have more friends. Then Reese starts to scare everyone with the great pleasure he takes in hunting small animals.