Press Briefing by Ari Fleischer, June 26, 2003: QUESTION: And on the Texas sodomy case, does the President believe that gay men have the legal right to have sexual relations in the privacy of their own home? MR. FLEISCHER: I…
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Salon.com Commentaries on Sodomy Ruling
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The next war: Bush and the Supreme Court With William Rehnquist and Sandra Day O’Connor considering retirement, activists on all sides are preparing for a firefight over Bush’s next high-court nominee. By Tim Grieve “Caving in to the ‘homosexual agenda’”…
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Public-domain quotes from the Associated Press: “This is a giant leap forward to a day where we are no longer branded as criminals.” – Ruth Harlow, an attorney for the plaintiffs in the case and legal director at Lambda Legal….
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From Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, June 26, 2003: In 2001, a blue ribbon panel of military law experts called for repeal of the sodomy statute on the fiftieth anniversary of the UCMJ, calling its enforcement “arbitrary, even vindictive.” The armed…
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From Integrity USA, June 26, 2003: We would point out that no major US Christian denomination supported Texas in this appeal. The days of Christian-supported legal discrimination against gay and lesbian people in the United States seem to be waning,…
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From the Cato Institute: In a 6-3 decision delivered today, the Supreme Court struck down a Texas law prohibiting consensual sex between partners of the same sex. The Cato Institute filed an amicus brief in January in support of the…
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From Exodus, June 26, 2003 Exodus encourages fellow Christians to respond with compassion and reason on this historic turn in public policy regarding homosexuality. While many Christians and conservatives express shock and dismay over today’s ruling, ex-gays are not surprised….
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Joke: Why Do Straight Men Die Earlier?
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From the Family Research Council: By extending legal protections to homosexual behavior, the court majority not only struck down the 1986 precedent in Bowers v. Hardwick that upheld Georgia’s anti-sodomy law; the court also demolished the legal foundation of marriage….
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From Soulforce, a national interfaith organization: “This is a fantastic day for all people because the Supreme Court has recognized that our government has no place in our bedrooms, nor a right to selectively single out people of minority sexual…