Charge: Father, Daughter Married (Is it Okay With Sandra Day O'Connor?)

Mobile Register ^ | 07/25/03 | KAREN TOLKKINEN

[stands2reason]

Do you recall the story of King David?

[kevkrom]

There are also still States that allow people to get married at unbelievably young ages.

As early as 14, I beleive, but any marriage of under-18s requires parental consent.

[gogeo]

The SCOTUS decision in Lawrence vs. Texas addressed a very specific point, it did not create the sort of slippery slope we are so fond of predicting here in FR. That decision was cited in the Massachusetts SC decision declaring same sex marriage a constitutional right.

[gogeo]

Scalia's dissent:

State laws against bigamy, same-sex marriage, adult incest, prostitution, masturbation, adultery, fornication, bestiality, and obscenity are likewise sustainable only in light of Bowers’ validation of laws based on moral choices. Every single one of these laws is called into question by today’s decision; the Court makes no effort to cabin the scope of its decision to exclude them from its holding. See ante, at 11 (noting “an emerging awareness that liberty gives substantial protection to adult persons in deciding how to conduct their private lives in matters pertaining to sex” (emphasis added)). The impossibility of distinguishing homosexuality from other traditional “morals” offenses is precisely why Bowers rejected the rational-basis challenge. “The law,” it said, “is constantly based on notions of morality, and if all laws representing essentially moral choices are to be invalidated under the Due Process Clause, the courts will be very busy indeed.” 478 U.S., at 196.2

http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/02-102.ZD.html

[Jeff Gordon]

Do you recall the story of King David?

Refresh my memory, please.