To: ninenot
Look, the case wasn't about the wisdom of sodomy, it was about whether it should be a felony, so that persons engaging in consensual sex acts should be liable to being imprisoned in the penitentiary.
Completely different things.
To: CobaltBlue
Look, the case wasn't about the wisdom of sodomy, it was about whether it should be a felony, so that persons engaging in consensual sex acts should be liable to being imprisoned in the penitentiary. The offense of homosexual sodomy carried no jail time in Harris County, the maximum penalty was a fine. A felony? Please explain.
224 posted on
06/27/2003 12:49:52 AM PDT by
weegee
To: CobaltBlue
The case was about Texas' right to make and enforce such laws. The Supremes continue to derogate the 9th Amendment by relying on invented "privacy," and on Zeitgeist PC.
233 posted on
06/27/2003 6:55:01 AM PDT by
ninenot
(Joe McCarthy was RIGHT, but Drank Too Much)
To: CobaltBlue
Look, the case wasn't about the wisdom of sodomy, it was about whether it should be a felony, so that persons engaging in consensual sex acts should be liable to being imprisoned in the penitentiary No it wasn't; the Texas law in question is a misdemeanor, punishable by fine ($150 or $200 in this case).
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