Jul 30, 2010

Should 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Be Repealed?

Lt. Dan Choi, discharged from the military for being gay, and Lt. Col. Bob Maginnis, who helped draft DADT, on whether gays should be allowed to serve in the military.

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  • July 29, 2010

    Tonight's Show: Sex & The Law (FBN @ 9pm ET)

    Tonight’s Stossel is all about sex and the law. (FBN @9pm ET)  What are the rules?  I tackle several thorny issues, such as “don’t ask, don’t tell,” decency standards for broadcast television, pornography, and the age of consent. What is the age when you a free to make your own decision about [...]

  • July 28, 2010

    This Week's Column: Don't Ask, Don't Tell

    No military in the world is quite like America's. Now, I'm not talking about its technological capacity, its extraordinary reach, or its servicemen. I'm talking about the American military's singular policy towards gays serving in its ranks. Gays can serve ... so long as they don’t tell anyone that they're gay. No other country in [...]

  • July 27, 2010

    More Goats Working

    Since my previous post, readers alerted me that Pasadena, California isn’t the only U.S. city that employs goats rather than government workers.     In Washington, the Seattle Department of Transportation hired goats from  “Rent-A-Ruminant LLC” to clear an overgrown slope.  Governments, as usual, don’t make it easy.  Tennessee's Knoxville News Sentinel reports that a charity called “Keep Knoxville Beautiful” uses [...]

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This Week's Show - July 29

 

SEX AND THE LAW

 

America is a little more squeamish about sex than many other countries.  In Japan & Europe, companies run steamy ads on television without any fuss. But in America, one "costume malfunction" at the Super Bowl and we're still talking about it six years later.  And when it comes to kids and sex, we have lots of laws meant to protect kids.  But do they?  Or do they cause more harm than good? When a Texas high school senior had sex with his freshman girlfriend, the state of Texas called it rape and put him on the Sex Offender registry, along with rapists and child molesters.

 

And if you're gay, you can serve in the American military...as long as you don't tell anyone you're gay.  That’s the rule.  Should it be?  And what about porn? One man recently faced jail time for making videos we can’t even describe to you.  Is that right?  When it comes to sex and America, we have lots of rules...but should we?

 

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