[The Red Zone]

This shouldn't have any effect on sodomy laws that cover gays and straights.

It did. It wasn't on equal protection basis.

[discostu]

One word:
Ugh

While I don't actually think this kind of stuff is the government's business this penumbra concept thing is very irritating. To use a metaphor that will speak to Tucsonans: it's like putting out a fire by blowing up the mountain.

[Teacher317]

It did. It wasn't on equal protection basis.

That's what surprises me. I can understand the logic that if one can consent to anal sex, it should not matter whther they are male or female. Equal Protection.

The Right to Privacy argument seems to me to be a bit off the mark, since the state can and does enforce all sorts of laws regarding sexual activities that are done "in private". I wonder how explicit the opinion was about explaining the limits.