Weird, disturbing, and downright saddening

[salienne]

And I quote from my textbook: "[The Supreme Court] overruled a Texas law criminalizing sodomy when practiced by two persons of the same sex. By a 6 to 3 decision, handed down on June 26, 2003, the Court affirmed that the rights of liberty and privacy guaranteed under the Due Process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment include the right of two consenting adults to engage in such acts within the home." (Emphasis mine)

So in 2003, just 4 and a half years ago, a third of the Supreme Court thought male homosexual relations (not marriage, but the sex act itself) should be illegal. As in, the State should control actual private practices that affect no one but the two (or more, I suppose) parties involved, even if it occurs only in the parties' personal residences.

To quote the ever reliable Captain Jack Sparrow, "That's a sad commentary in and of itself."

Comments

[enigma731.livejournal.com]

It is illegal in Florida. Even if it's between two people of opposite genders.

[salienne.livejournal.com]

I don't think FL enforces it, though, while Texas clearly did for it to reach the Supreme Court. Plus, after that ruling, isn't the FL one unconstitutional?

And your icon is my hero. XD

[lorie-dublonnet.livejournal.com]

You've definitely provided some of the most thought-provoking LJ entries of late!

The thing to remember about dates: you have to take them back a good thirty or forty years to represent the world that most of the jurors or magistrates grew up in, so maybe when we're old and grey (not me, I'll keep it black lol) things might be a bit more acceptable.

That said, I'm not the hugest fan of anything that has something to do with Texas and the law ...

[salienne.livejournal.com]

Yay!

Granted, it could all just be due to the fact that I'm taking "Gender and Sexuality in Ancient Rome" which is helping me look at a bunch of present-day stuff, but when I see something like this, I need to rant about it somewhere.

And I'm actually really happy we do not live in Ancient Rome. You and I might be able to talk like this and even marry a guy we actually like if we were, say, rich, but even then...

And that is a very good point... That type of viewpoint is more acceptable for the 1960's and 1970's, but the fact remains that it still was 2003 when 3 people on the Supreme Court (which probably still has those three members, though I'm not sure so don't take my word on that) still thought a private sex act should be illegal. Which is ridiculous.

Hopefully you're right and when we're both old and creaky with black hair (you're not the only one dying it XD), things will be much more accepting. Who knows, maybe we'll seem prejudiced, or maybe we'll bend with the times. Probably the latter; I'd be happy. ^.^

And trust me, almost no one is a fan of Texas and its laws. The only things I like about Texas are how pretty Austin is and the friends I've got there.