Shake

Umm, right! Am I missing something here? If it, "has nothing to do with marriage or conception or parenthood," then how is keeping the law, "in keeping with the state's interest in protecting marriage and child-rearing?"

:notworthy

Bring on the fertile teenager!

Arken

Considering that even many of the people in his own party criticized him for what he said, I'd be surprised if that's true.

dangin

Sure the moderates. But are you forgetting the fringe right and their money? Honestly, the neocons don't want a new conservative america, they want to make conservative constituents afraid of a multi cultural, multi gender, multi faith america. They use "victories" like this and the pledge decision to rally the troops, just like we use decisions that we dislike to rally our troops.

Neocons don't care what the outcome is. Either way they can spin it for money. We helped give us more. We lost give us more.

SLD

Even if you don't care about gay rights, any ruling likely to piss of the Southern Baptist Convention is fine with me. I just can't wait to see the letters to the editors, other right wing commentaries and religious right leaders squirming. Fuck 'em.

SLD

Kip

Oh happy day!

Arken

I'm sure you're right that neocons will get money out of this. I just don't think Santorum will be one of them. He's just stuck his foot way too far in his mouth on this issue.

Remember, the neocon way of expressing such opinions is to express them with subtlety, do it in a way that someone who's sitting on the fence might swing to their side... they want to make extreme right-wing beliefs appear more centrist. Santorum did exactly the opposite.

trillian

I think they mean that sodomy does not foster these values- and adds nothing to them.

Hedwig

This is a very big deal. My state's one of the few remaining that has anti-sodomy laws for both gay and straight couples. I can hear the wailing and gnashing of teeth at the state capital from here.

Never thought I'd hear myself say this but: Go SCOTUS!

BibleBelted

Ya think Inhofe is sobbing his beady little eyes out about now? Can't wait to see what the Daily Disappointment has to say about this - I may even have to tune in my local radio brownshirt tomorrow morning just to listen to the squealing.

Of course, we shouldn't get too ecstatic. If it weren't for another neo-con fundy splitting the vote, Steve "Defender of Marriage" Largent would be our governor now.

Jewel

It's about damn time!