here's to queer sex!

[subjective]

u.s. supreme court strikes down texas sodomy law.

in related news, please note that scalia says he has nothing against homosexuals, but is quick to point out that the court has largely signed on to the so-called homosexual agenda. score.

who can tell me what this means for the sodomy laws in the other 12 states? i am also curious to know if things like polygamy & adultery are against the law & if so what the legal reasoning is.

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oh happy day. i'm surprised how broad the final vote was.

this bothers me very much, however, in scalia's dissent: "What a massive disruption of the current social order, therefore, the overruling of Bowers entails. Not so the overruling of Roe, which would simply have restored the regime that existed for centuries before 1973, in which the permissibility of and restrictions upon abortion were determined legislatively State-by-State."

anyway, i would think that the anti-sodomy laws would become null & void now. i'm not positive, but i'm almost sure that the polygamy is against the law in all states (including utah, where tom green was arrested for not only bigamy but also using these 'wives' to garner more welfare checks). i think one of the reasons polygamy became illegal was because of the tax issue -- how many wives or husbands or dependants can you claim? this law (& perhaps adultery laws, if they exist) seem to be rather slippery, based on perhaps a general disgust? i don't know. i've never heard that adultery is against the law, but i think it can be sited to justify divorce in some states.