Get Thee To a Nunnery / Canada

[news, canada]

Reuters' headline for 21 DEC 05: Canadians can have group sex in
clubs: top court

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 wheremembers could have group sex in a private room behind locked doors.

Meanwhile, slightly south of Canada and rapidly moving back to the 1600's, Judge Samuel Alito looks like he will be appointed to the US Supreme Court despite remaining quite mum on several key issues, including a woman's right to choose and the extent of the powers of the President.