[wagglebee]

The Virginia General Assembly had several bills before it earlier this year that would have repealed or rewritten the law to conform with the Lawrence decision, but the majority-holding Republicans rebuffed them all.

I'm very grateful to live in a state where the legislature follows its conscience and does what's right instead of trying to placate a bunch of leftists.

[asmith92008]

It is nice to see the peoples' representatives doing their jobs instead of cowering before nine (or in the case of Lawrence, 5) unelected dictators. If only our reps in Congress and the White House would show as much courage.

[muawiyah]

Amazingly, in the face of the fact this guy was doing it, any number of "homosexual rights" activists will claim "this never happens".

What we need, though, is for the Virginia State Police to catch Justice Souder out there at the rest-stop in Manassas. It's gonna' happen ~ eventually!

[whereasandsoforth]

Is the argument now - since sodomy is a new right - that we can drop trou and have oral sex any ol' where we wanna?

Will we soon have sucking and non-sucking sections in public places?

[little jeremiah]

Homosexual Agenda Ping - Virginia is for Lovers [of truth and morality].

Good one! So the homosexual rights people are saying that PUBLIC sodomy is ok??

Let me know if anyone wants on/off this pinglist.

[Dan(9698)]

I thought the Supremes said stay out of the bed room.

Does this guy sleep there?

[Spirited]

Thank you for posting this.

I am grateful for those who have held the line in VA. Certainly thankful for those who are able to turn back the leanings of our Northern VA mush-heads.

Cannot help but ask the God of mercy to reward these courageous individuals for their proection of the majority of the populace.

[weegee]

"There are other laws that can apply here — the prostitution statute and indecent exposure — that cover public acts," said Greg Nivens, senior staff attorney at Lambda Legal's Atlanta office.

Not when The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force gets done running the courts:

Sexual Freedom Activists Target 'Archaic, Unjust' Sex Laws

In addition, the project will examine laws against public lewdness, "which are routinely misused to persecute and prosecute people who participate in non-traditional forms of sexual expression."

"I've seen firsthand how the misuse of these [public lewdness] laws has ruined the lives of gay and bisexual men," said Matt Foreman, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.

Plus:

Homosexual Public Restroom Sex Defended In California (Hey, They Were Born That Way!)

[F16Fighter]

A Virginia Beach man convicted of soliciting sex in a department store bathroom is challenging the state's sodomy law...

Pressed for a comment, the sodomite defended his actions by stating, "Hey -- would you rather I take my business to Macy's front window?"

[steve-b]

At issue in each of the cases is whether the ruling that struck down a Texas law against sodomy in private settings invalidates Virginia's law. Attorney General Jerry W. Kilgore maintains that Virginia's law is still enforceable against sodomy in public places, while opponents say the law should be stricken entirely.

Constitutional law just doesn't work the way Kilgore says it does. If a law is found un-Constitutional, the police can't make up their own limited version -- the legislature has to do that (and AFAIK has not done so in Virginia).

To make the point more clearly with an exaggerated hypothetical, suppose that a law is passed prohibiting any discussion of nuclear physics. Someone who sold the secret of the "suitcase nuke" to al-Qaeda is prosecuted under this law. In a different case, the Supreme Court (quite properly) finds this hypothetical law to be an infringement of First Amendment rights. The guy would get off scot-free, unless charged under some other law (such as the real-world laws that specificially address classified information and aid to criminal conspiracies).

[Wampus SC]

"At issue in each of the cases is whether the ruling that struck down a Texas law against sodomy in private settings invalidates Virginia's law. Attorney General Jerry W. Kilgore maintains that Virginia's law is still enforceable against sodomy in public places, while opponents say the law should be stricken entirely."

They're arguing that a right to privacy protects public sodomy?

Public=private, Day=night, right=wrong, 2+2=5