The posted thread question seems obvious at first glance, but I am having trouble figuring out what LE really does. As i was glancing into my Criminal Law and Motor Vehicle handbook I noticed two sections that caught my eye. There was a section about unmarried cohabitation and lewd contact between two individuals. The other section was about lewdness and it mentioned that any two people who commit unnatural and lascivious acts (could be married/unmarred i would assume) together commits a misdeameanor. The rest of that particular statute was short and had no further information on the law.
So i guess i am wondering how we have laws/statutes in our Criminal statute books, but they will never get enforced. Officers may see them, know they are illegal but due to modern society realize that just about everyone does it and decide not to enforce them. If this is true, how are we to not enforce these, but we enforce speeding tickets which just about everyone does too? I mean, I have read posts on these forums about people doing 5 over and posting in the 'Ask A Cop' section if they would get pulled over. Most people reply that 'You are still breaking the law, so yes I could give you a ticket', but what about the above mentioned laws? If i asked if I would get a ticket for having unnatural/lascivious acts with my wife would i get the same response?
For note, i found the second one in the 2006 Florida Criminal Law and Motor Vehicle Handbook in section 800.02 and the first one i saw a little ways back, but can't remember exactly where it was.
So i guess i am wondering how we have laws/statutes in our Criminal statute books, but they will never get enforced. Officers may see them, know they are illegal but due to modern society realize that just about everyone does it and decide not to enforce them. If this is true, how are we to not enforce these, but we enforce speeding tickets which just about everyone does too? I mean, I have read posts on these forums about people doing 5 over and posting in the 'Ask A Cop' section if they would get pulled over. Most people reply that 'You are still breaking the law, so yes I could give you a ticket', but what about the above mentioned laws? If i asked if I would get a ticket for having unnatural/lascivious acts with my wife would i get the same response?
For note, i found the second one in the 2006 Florida Criminal Law and Motor Vehicle Handbook in section 800.02 and the first one i saw a little ways back, but can't remember exactly where it was.
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