Comments on: Court strikes down Texas sodomy law http://www.strangechord.com/2003/06/26/court-strikes-down-texas-sodomy-law/ ...reverberating Fri, 18 May 2012 06:02:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Tom Glenn http://www.strangechord.com/2003/06/26/court-strikes-down-texas-sodomy-law/#comment-4733 Fri, 27 Jun 2003 14:58:01 +0000 http://www.strangechord.com/2003/06/26/court-strikes-down-texas-sodomy-law/#comment-4733 Great points, Emily. The Supreme Court should reflect Wisdom, not politics. They themselves do not respect the deeper principles which framed the Constitution. Their decisions (and even the Constitution), should be be questioned, not blindly accepted. Politics is based on numbers, the FORCE of popularity, not wisdom. Wisdom is based on what is right and fair, even if only popular to the minority. Great points, Emily. The Supreme Court should reflect Wisdom, not politics. They themselves do not respect the deeper principles which framed the Constitution. Their decisions (and even the Constitution), should be be questioned, not blindly accepted.

Politics is based on numbers, the FORCE of popularity, not wisdom. Wisdom is based on what is right and fair, even if only popular to the minority.

]]> by: Alandra http://www.strangechord.com/2003/06/26/court-strikes-down-texas-sodomy-law/#comment-4732 Thu, 26 Jun 2003 21:56:55 +0000 http://www.strangechord.com/2003/06/26/court-strikes-down-texas-sodomy-law/#comment-4732 Thank you for pointing out the Supreme Court's decision. I had been so worried about this one. Really, really hoping, but not at all confident, that the decision would be overturned. With Bush in power and so many conservative voices taking over, I am just so happy that we can at least have this little island of happiness. Liberals won. But I worry about the backlash and all of the "moral" talking and "family values" and having to hear all of that crap again. I can't believe that Scalia actually mentioned the "homosexual agenda" in his speech. Makes me sick. Like the so-called agenda includes anything other than "treat me like you'd treat anyone else." But we can't expect the trio of the right to behave any other way. We should just take pleasure in the victory and think that at least in this, at least right now, it feels like we've got some progress. Thank you for pointing out the Supreme Court’s decision. I had been so worried about this one. Really, really hoping, but not at all confident, that the decision would be overturned. With Bush in power and so many conservative voices taking over, I am just so happy that we can at least have this little island of happiness. Liberals won. But I worry about the backlash and all of the “moral” talking and “family values” and having to hear all of that crap again. I can’t believe that Scalia actually mentioned the “homosexual agenda” in his speech. Makes me sick. Like the so-called agenda includes anything other than “treat me like you’d treat anyone else.”
But we can’t expect the trio of the right to behave any other way. We should just take pleasure in the victory and think that at least in this, at least right now, it feels like we’ve got some progress.

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