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While it is absolutely true that what they did was not in the public eye and were there at the invitation of the priest (which means they were neither trespassing nor being publicly indecent), they finally got worn down by the system and took a plea deal just to get it over with. Some of you who are religious may feel that what they did was just wrong, but this case isn't about religion or about whether your personal kinks line up with theirs... it is about OUR place in society and how we as a BDSM community are constantly looked down upon for our private behaviors.


I disagree

Im not a lawyer but the vandalism charge feels reasonable here. anyone who runs a business has the responsibility to verify ownership of a property before damaging it. And they didnt do that. The priest can invite them in and its not trespassing because he has access to church property and can have visitors. But once they damaged church property it creates a vandalism charge because the priest is not the owner and cant give that permission.

I also think there are many private places to play that seem like a better fit for acting this fantasy out

Im not religious but feel it would be the same for anyone hosting a domination session at their place of employment. If a CEO has a dominatrix over to their c-suite corner office the dominatrix hasn't committed a crime. If she breaks the desk and the window thats vandalism.

In short… if you cant do the time don’t do the crime.