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To: AntiGuv
My remarks are accurate. Kennedy is justifying his overturning of Bowers in part based on European precedent and their enlightenment.

He cites relevant cases and states: " Other nations, too, have taken action consistent with an affirmation of the protected right of homosexual adults to engage in intimate, consensual conduct. See Brief for Mary Robinson et al. as Amici Curiae 11-12. The right the petitioners seek in this case has been accepted as an integral part of human freedom in many other countries. There has been no showing that in this country the governmental interest in circumscribing personal choice is somehow more legitimate or urgent."

Here are the words for all to see and I'll allow others to judge who's dissembling.

131 posted on 06/29/2003 5:30:56 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: jwalsh07; Torie
My remarks are accurate. Kennedy is justifying his overturning of Bowers in part based on European precedent and their enlightenment.

From a legal standpoint, no he was not. BTW, if pretending he was, then Scalia oddly overlooked a prime avenue of attacking the Opinion of the Court. As I've already stated thrice, Kennedy was responding directly to the arguments advanced in Bowers. So, if you wish to find the correct target for your ire, perhaps you should review the Bowers ruling yet again and focus there..

134 posted on 06/29/2003 5:34:59 PM PDT by AntiGuv (™)
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