This is why it is of utmost urgency to pray for the justice system in our nation. It is essential to get conservative, clear thinking judges in, despite the democrats. We need warfare praying for this. If we don't have a shift in the judicial system, we are sliding into more and more bad judgements. May God help us all.
Kennedy: "The laws involved in
Bowers and here are, to be sure, statutes that purport to do no more than prohibit a particular sexual act. Their penalties and purposes, though, have more far-reaching consequences, touching upon the most private human conduct, sexual behavior, and in the most private of places, the home. The statutes do seek to control a personal relationship that,
whether or not entitled to formal recognition in the law, is within the liberty of persons to choose without being punished as criminals." (Emphasis added).
Those italicized words are a reference to gay marriage and domestic partnerships.