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June 26, 2003
A well-deserved victory
Congratulations to all the gays and lesbians in Texas who now have a legal right to have sex with each other! And congrats those those in other states (like mine) where similar laws will now be overturned. I'm really happy for all of you!
Even though these laws have never affected me, personally (since I'm straight), I've never considered them to be fair or reasonable, and am glad that the Supreme Court - especially this Supreme Court in this administration - finally had the sense to realize that the laws were wrong.
I hope that this ruling will also overturn the odd "Romeo and Juliet" laws, such as the one Kansas has, where penalties for cases involving statuatory rape are reduced if the individuals involved are teens and within a few years of each other - but the reduced penalties only apply for heterosexual couples. As a result, a young man who - had his partner been female - would have been sentenced to 1 year in jail, instead was sentenced to 17 years.
The other bit of hope comes, oddly, from Antonin Scalia, who notes that the ruling may help in opening the way for the legailzation of gay marriage.
Although the majority opinion said the Texas case didn't "involve whether the government must give formal recognition to any relationship that homosexual persons seek to enter," Scalia said the ruling invites laws allowing gay marriage.This ruling is a big step forward for gay rights, and it's about time."This reasoning leaves on shaky, pretty shaky grounds, state laws limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples," Scalia wrote.
On a side note: Blogging may be slow the next couple days. My copy of Harry Potter just arrived, and, well, I'm likely to get rather caught up in it (if it's as good as the last 4 were).
Posted by thorswitch at June 26, 2003 04:12 PM
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Actually, the law may have affected you. Remember that this law literally didn't have anything to do with straight/gay. It was a law against sodomy. So....
regards - rich
Posted by: rich at June 26, 2003 04:51 PM
Remind me to mention Harry Potter in my next post. I need to boost my hit count.
Posted by: Christopher Key at June 26, 2003 05:41 PM
You need to get over the fact that President Bush was elected by the people. It's sad that people like you try to convince yourselves otherwise, just because who you wanted didn't get elected. Unlike you, Bush has a moral backbone! Stop being so PC, and think for yourself!
Posted by: Someone at March 5, 2004 11:40 PM