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by shiroiushi 735 days ago
The thing that's a bit scary about that Travel Act is: what happens when US laws change?

Instead of having sex with minors, suppose the US elected some crazy religious zealots who managed to make it illegal to have sex outside of heterosexual marriage, after getting abortion banned (so, not exactly far-fetched). So does that mean that all "US persons" (citizens, green card holders, residents, etc.) who travel (or live) outside the US and have sex with someone they're not married to are now criminals?
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refurb 735 days ago
This is the key.

Everyone is happy to give the government extra power for things they don’t like but rarely consider they would use it for things they don’t like

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rustcleaner 735 days ago
>So does that mean that all "US persons" (citizens, green card holders, residents, etc.) who travel (or live) outside the US and have sex with someone they're not married to are now criminals?

If we're keeping with consistency... yes.

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