Supremes try Sodomy
2003-03-28 00:31:55.88776+01 by
Dan Lyke
5 comments
The Texas sodomy law is being tried at the Supreme Court. This Scalia guy is wacked scary:
"It's conceded by the state of Texas that married couples can't be
regulated in their private sexual decisions," says Smith. To which
Scalia rejoins, "They may have conceded it, but I haven't."
And
Breyer notes that during World War I people also thought it "immoral" to
"teach German in schools. ... Immoral is a hard line to draw."
"There is a rational basis," insists Rosenthal.
"You're not giving us a rational basis," snaps Breyer.
"The rational basis," says Scalia, "is that the state thinks it's immoral.
Like bigamy or adultery."
"Or teaching German," grins Breyer.
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#Comment made: 2003-03-28 02:35:50.609127+01 by:
td
Fix the link, Dan.
#Comment made: 2003-03-28 06:54:31.296774+01 by:
Charlene Marie
Whoops. Sorry. Fixed: http://slate.msn.com/id/2080746/
#Comment made: 2003-03-28 17:07:14.777491+01 by:
Dan Lyke
Damn. Okay, now really fixed.
#Comment made: 2003-03-28 18:01:14.67459+01 by:
Dan Lyke
And E.J. Graff does a more in-depth review of the arguments.
#Comment made: 2003-03-29 19:41:54.418309+01 by:
Dan Lyke
As usual, Utopia With Cheese has some great explorations of this.
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