Quote Originally Posted by Thorne View Post
Once again, we in the States can learn from our British cousins.
LMAO!! You mean toss out all the prudes, aka Puritans, Pilgrims, and other religious fanatics, and send them to the colonies?

Ian, this is the point I was going to make in response to your question regarding "all the fuss". The USA was mostly founded by Europe's religious outcasts (imo.) It's just plain ridiculous here, everyone wants to tell, and control, how everyone else must live. So we are slow as a nation when it comes to "acceptance" of differences. It's my own personal major "fear" that the religious right might take over and further erode our basic rights, especially the right to live under a non-theocratic government.

Think about it in terms of what we tolerate from our politicians v. yours. You titter over, but basically ignore sex scandals from your politicians... but discover a case of corruption and graft and watch out!! That politician is DONE!! (or at least that's my perception.)

Here? We practically oust anyone who even admits to having sex for pleasure... and tolerate all kinds of graft, especially from those who kowtow to the religious right. It drives me crazy.