To Scratch Naturally
Even more radically [referring to his athieism], [Jeremy] Bentham condemned laws against same-sex relations, commenting, "It is wonderful that nobody has ever yet fancied it to be sinful to scratch where it itches, and that it has never been determined that the only natural way of scratching is with such or such a finger and that it is unnatural to scratch with any other."
[Martha Nussbaum, "Epistemology of the Closet", The Nation, 19 May 2005.]
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on Friday, 20 May 2005 at 23.42
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It seems to me the matter of laws against same-sex relations has been settled, with personal freedom and privacy rights getting the best of it.
As far as people minding the sinfulness of other people's business, I never cease to be amazed at how those whoare so ostentatiously Christian read the Bible selectively. Two of the first things they invariably omit: "Judgment is mine, sayeth the Lord" and "Judge not lest ye be judged."