[Lunatic Fringe]

Yes... the fact this act was legal for heterosexuals and illegal for homosexuals smacks of bigotry. The law needed to be overturned, but not for "privacy" reasons. It should have been simply declared "discriminatory."

[ellery]

Yup, agree -- it should have been equal protection under the law, and left up to Texas whether it wanted to make sodomy illegal for everyone, or no one.

[katze]

What about for health reasons? Perhaps you remember this is how AIDS was spread initially?

[Jorge]

Yes... the fact this act was legal for heterosexuals and illegal for homosexuals smacks of bigotry. The law needed to be overturned, but not for "privacy" reasons. It should have been simply declared "discriminatory."

I tend to agree.
Most of those who support such laws seem to be religious hypocrites or gay hating bigots.

We don't need these kind of people playing sex police in everybody's lives.