[inquest]

Since, as you say, the law's is to be read in the way it would have been understood at the time, then it's perfectly appropriate to use conceptions of natural law as a guide to the text's interpretation. But that's different from saying that natural law should be used to supplement what's in the text. If the text just doesn't forbid something, it's not the job of a judge to rule against it because of its conflict with his interpretation of natural law.

[Cicero]

I don't think we really disagree on this. What you said earlier just raised some interesting issues.