[Su-tehp]

I just wanted to get everyone's thoughts on this: The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) made a landmark ruling this morning that states cannot enact laws banning consensual gay sex. SCOTUS struck down a Texas state law that banned sodomy (i.e. same sex relations) on the grounds that it violates the Due Process clause and the right to privacy. The vote was 6-3, with Justices Scalia, Thomas and Chief Justice Renquist dissenting (of course).

If any of you are interested in reading the court's opinion, here's the link to the case:

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=02-102&friend=washingtonpost

Being a lawyer myself, I think the court made the right analysis and agree with the ruling. To be more accurate, if I were sitting on the Supreme Court, I would have gone with O'Connor's opinion that this law violated the Equal Protection clause, rather than Due Process, but that's just me. Either way, I agree with the result.

Gay activists all over the country are celebrating. Of course, lots of conservatives around the country are hopping mad and *****ing about "the decay of our nation's morality" but, hey, when are they not?

What are your guys thoughts on this?

[01010]

About time they learnt this is the 21st century and not the 19th.

[DragonClaw]

Gay people are rejects who can't get girls. Period.

[Nico]

Originally posted by Su-tehp
IGay activists all over the country are celebrating. Of course, lots of conservatives around the country are hopping mad and *****ing about "the decay of our nation's morality" but, hey, when are they not?
 

of course and of course

My thoughts? well, that's cool for them. Never been any law like that in France ( against gay people I mean ), so it's kindda hard to tell to be honest.
But I suppose that in states like Texas, their life won't turn much simpler like that, just because of a law...

[Anaz]

Originally posted by DragonClaw
Gay people are rejects who can't get girls. Period.

what about the girls? aren't you then saying that lesbians are people who can't get girls?

[Rictor]

Their ass, their choice. Let them make it.

I'm for the ruling, a similar one was just enacted in Canada..

edit: wow KT, didnt take you long to get that quote in your sig.

[Su-tehp]

Originally posted by DragonClaw
Gay people are rejects who can't get girls. Period.

Originally posted by Analazon
what about the girls? aren't you then saying that lesbians are people who can't get girls?

DragonClaw, lesbians by definition can always get girls. Otherwise, they wouldn't be lesbians.

[Nico]

And I've met a few gay guys who could turn any girl crazy w/o doing anything. That kindda pisses the straight guys around off, btw

[Knight Templar]

Damnit! I had the perfect Post count for this thread too

In any event, woo hoo.

Uh, and yeah, I don't think people think of Lesbians when gays are mentioned because so many girls are bisexual these days, I don't think they're generally thought of as gay unless their Butch. And who can blame them? I know if I were a girl, I'd be bisexual


Rictor:

[Su-tehp]

Originally posted by Venom
And I've met a few gay guys who could turn any girl crazy w/o doing anything. That kindda pisses the straight guys around off, btw

Yeah, Venom, we gotta figure out how they do that, then figure out a way to bottle it and sell it. I'm thinking we could make a fortune.

Anyway, to get back on topic, what do the rest of us Hard Lighters here think of this ruling?

[01010]

Originally posted by Rictor
Their ass, their choice.

I think that's the better choice for a sig.

[aldo_14]

It would seem to be the only proper decision to make... if you banned homosexuality then, in principle, it would be a very short step to (for example) banning interracial relationships.

[karajorma]

Good for them. Its a silly law and I doubt it was enforced so it's not a huge victory really but good.

Originally posted by Su-tehp
Gay activists all over the country are celebrating.  

Just as long as they don't go too crazy with the celebrations.

[Zeronet]

Originally posted by aldo_14
It would seem to be the only proper decision to make... if you banned homosexuality then, in principle, it would be a very short step to (for example) banning interracial relationships.

[DragonClaw]

Originally posted by Analazon


what about the girls? aren't you then saying that lesbians are people who can't get girls?

Where I live, gay means homosexual guys and lesbians means homosexual girls. For some reason, gay does not apply to girls here.

But anyway, if a person wants to be homosexual, I don't give a sh*t. Their choice. And its not like the government could enforce a law  against homosexuals to any effectiveness.

[Zeronet]

Originally posted by DragonClaw


But anyway, if a person wants to be homosexual, I don't give a sh*t. Their choice.  

Yep, i really don't care.

[Nico]

Originally posted by Su-tehp


Yeah, Venom, we gotta figure out how they do that, then figure out a way to bottle it and sell it. I'm thinking we could make a fortune.

I've thought about that, honestly, and I think I know the answer:
Girls always want what they can't get. Sad, but true

[01010]

Originally posted by Venom


I've thought about that, honestly, and I think I know the answer:
Girls always want what they can't get. Sad, but true

They also tend not to feel threatened by gay guys either because they know for certain that they're not just after sex.

[Nico]

yeah, but that's not a reason for them to want to "get" them .

[Su-tehp]

Originally posted by DragonClaw
...But anyway, if a person wants to be homosexual, I don't give a sh*t. Their choice. And its not like the government could enforce a law against homosexuals to any effectiveness.

Well, the government of Texas did a good job of effectively enforcing that law here, otherwise, there wouldn't be a Supreme Court case about it. Duh...