If there is a constitutional right to privacy for consentual sex acts within the home, then it does cover those other things.
If you say there is a legal basis for outlawing incest (leave aside minors- let's just stick with another example, namely brothers and sisters of mature age), what is that legal basis?
If you can come up with a legal basis for outlawing such things, does this legal basis also have applicability for sodomy laws? Why or why not?
And go the other direction, if there is no legal basis for sodomy laws, how can there be for laws outlawing incest? Prostitution? Bigomy?
He is making a slippery slope argument. In no way does making a slippery slope argument equate things at the top of the slope with things in the abyss.
Exactly so. And I don't see why everyone has to focus on sex. Is unlicensed surgery between consenting adults a private matter? Gambling? Drugs? Just because you do something in the privacy of your own home does not mean that society no longer has an interest. This whole privacy thing REALLY throws out all the rules.
Given the fact that I have heard of a multitude of incestuous rapes (father/daughter) and very few adult-family relationships, I assumed he was equating the predominate with the more rare case.
In the case of adults consenting to sex, as long as they are aware of the factors involved, I see no reason why my tax dollars should be spent incarcerating prostitutes, incest, pologamy, or other adulterous behavior. Frankly, where someone else sticks his 'weenie' is of no concern to me, or to you. Unless you are involved, it simply is none of your business. I think a majority of people have a heck of a time managing their own life, let alone having the skill, sense or time managing someone elses.