[Laurie S]

"If the court answers "the state has no such authority", then the ramifications are huge, and the ramifications touch each of the things Santorum listed. He wasn't saying gay sex and bigamy are the same. He was saying that the legal basis for laws regarding them are the same. "

I wouldn't say the 'ramification would be huge.' I belive the ramifications will be much worse if the court rules against these men and decides the state does have authority in this matter. The law would have to include heterosexual sex and we will have the jails full of lawbreakers of every color, creed, religious preference, and political offiliation.

[William McKinley]

I guess we disagree on the ramifications.

By my eyes, if the state cannot pass laws regarding sexuality, then prostitution laws, bigamy laws, incest laws, bestiality laws, and laws regarding the impact on adultery when it comes to divorce proceedings all are subject to the same legal attack. To me, that looks like fairly large ramifications, especially compared to the status quo, which is that certain areas have sodomy laws (and despite these laws, sodomy occurs).

[William McKinley]

By the way, I almost let this pass, but I can't.

we will have the jails full of lawbreakers of every color, creed, religious preference, and political offiliation.

Seeing as the law has been on the books for a long time, and similar laws have been on the books in various areas for quite some time, and we have not seen jails filled with people charged with this, I don't think this assertion has merit.