Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Law Banning Sodomy
"The Supreme Court was widely criticized 17 years ago when it upheld an antisodomy law similar to Texas'. The ruling became a rallying point for gay activists.
Of the nine justices who ruled on the 1986 case, only three remain on the court. Rehnquist was in the majority in that case -- Bowers v. Hardwick -- as was O'Connor. Stevens dissented.
``Bowers was not correct when it was decided, and it is not correct today,'' Kennedy wrote for the majority Thursday."
The Supreme Court was long overdue in overruling Bowers v. Hardwick and invalidating the sodomy laws. I am both surprised and gratified by this ruling and the Court's finding that affirmative action is constitutional under some circumstances. If the Justices are not careful, people will start calling them liberals. (Not that anyone would ever make that mistake about the egregious Antonin Scalia.)