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He is not equating the acts, he is saying that if you pin the rationale for the law on privacy, then the same rationale can be used for the other things.

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.

WILLIAM MCKINLEY WROTE: "He is not equating the acts, he is saying that if you pin the rationale for the law on privacy, then the same rationale can be used for the other things."

CLEARCASE_GUY RESPONDED: "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."

You are exactly right, William McKinley and ClearCase_Guy.

The WHOLE POINT is that just because you do something "in the privacy of your own home," DOESN'T MAKE IT LEGAL!