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Thanks, I'm shocked by how many freepers cannot get past the homosexualty to see what we've lost with this decision.

Have you considered what may have been gained by this decision? Homo stuff aside, consider it's implications in limiting how much the government on all levels can intrude into your private life. I think there may well be future rulings based on this decision that will highly please many 'conservatives' (whatever a conservative is).

Lawrence means that state and other governments will have a harder time in the future having laws that prohibit behavior the elite culture likes, and that do other things that the elite culture does not like. Not directly, but because of the breakdown in legal thinking that it represents, it will also make it easier for those governments to have laws that prohibit behavior that the elite culture does not like, and that do other things that the elite culture likes. That's not an exchange that strikes me as particularly desirable.

But hey, it severely weakens states. Considering that you're such a big fan of the (federal) IRS, maybe you like that.

Have you considered what may have been gained by this decision? Homo stuff aside, consider it's implications in limiting how much the government on all levels can intrude into your private life. I think there may well be future rulings based on this decision that will highly please many 'conservatives' (whatever a conservative is).

Thanks for the thoughtful reply. But I don't think that we have gained anything by this decision.

People keep spouting off about kicking the government out of the bedroom. The truth is this does not kick the government out of any bedroom, because the government was never in any bedroom. This law was not enforced. The only reason we had a case at all is because this was a set up. A staged arrest in order to challenge the law.

And this case sets a precedent that could be used to redefine marriage, abolish anti-prostitution laws, and other type of sexual deviance laws (i.e. children, animals). Even Nevada which has "legal" prostitution has a lot of laws to keep it from causing harm to the communites there.

Some of the more libertarian types are pleased with this ruling because they see it as lessing of laws over personal behavior. However they need to realize they just lost any chance of a state passing any drug legalization reform. The supreme court is denying the right of a state to decide matters like this for themselves. Authority is being taken from the local statehouse and being moved to Washington.

Now please cheer me up with the bright side of this decision.