"Where do you and other posters on this thread get the idea that a right, such as a right to privacy, must be specifically given to us by a provision in the Constitution? The Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, do not GIVE any rights...just because the Constitution does not GIVE us a right to privacy, does not mean we don't have such a right."
THANK YOU. I mean, the Constitution does not SPECIFICALLY give us the right to eat peanut butter on Mondays, you know? Does this mean it should be considered illegal until otherwise dictated? According to some of you, I guess so...
Most of you who are having conniptions over this decision, which finally brings us our of the dark Ages, will find your personal lives NOT ONE BIT different than they already were. For one thing, only a handful of states even had such laws on the books anymore, so only 13 states are even affected. Second, why are you so obsessed with where others are sticking their peepees, anyway? I have to wonder about you, and the phrase "get a life" comes to mind...
This is about CONSENTING adults. Maybe YOU want to live in a country where the Govt tells consenting adults what they're allowed to do in the privacy of their own bedroom, but I don't. Perhpas you should move to Iran or Iraq, where many sexual acts are highly restricted and severely punished.
And for those bemoaning the fate of ""The Children"...huh? We are not talking about ped0philia, we are talking about sodomy between consenting adults. Sometimes these consenting adults were man and wife, BTW--many states still outlaw what husband and wife do in their own beds. Even regarding homosexual sodomy, CONSENTING ADULTS are the focus here; ped0philia has always been, and will continue to be, illegal and severely punished. (BTW, over 95% of pedophiles are men who prey on GIRLS. Why don't you outlaw those freakish "Child Beauty Pageants" where the tots dress up in makeup and strut around like Hooters waitresses, if you're concerned about "Children"??).
Bottom line, in what purports to be a FREE country, it is absurd that any laws telling consenting adults what they can do behind closed doors have been on the books EVER. Thank God 6 justices realized this, instead of keeping us in a "Big Brother" type government.
