Talk:Moral turpitude

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I have created this page, having had great difficulty finding this information initially myself, so it is the result of my research, rather than be being a great expert on the subject. It quotes extensively from the State Department Document , but that being a Federal Government document, it is by definition in the public domain, so I do not see any problems there. Medconn 17:36, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

BTW only after creating the page (containing information I desperately needed and had been unable to find elsewhere without hours of searching), did I discover just how many links there were already to the topic, which until I created the article merely linked only to a rather unhelpful dictionary definition. So, it looks as if I have jumped into the middle of an existing controversy, but I am being bold, as I believe that my new article is genuinely encyclopædic going way beyond a simple definition, and fills a real information need. I have however left the link to the Wiktionary definition for those that prefer it. Let me know if you disagree Medconn 17:56, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Voter Registration Laws

The term "moral turpitude" is used in the voter registration laws of Georgia and Alabama (and perhaps other states?). There is scant definition of what falls into this category, so both states have been denying voter registration to all felons.

Samatva 13:55, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sebastian Horsley

The Controversy section mentions Sebastian Horsley's refused entry to the USA and implies that the moral turpitude justification rested on his "controlled-substance violations", yet such violations do not appear in the table of definitions of moral turpitude. Is the table lacking, or are the reasons for Mr Horsley being refused entry nothing to do with his drug use? Astronaut (talk) 12:17, 13 May 2008 (UTC)