[Skywalk]

Strange that you determine what equals liberty.

How are you DIRECTLY negatively impacted by two men having sex? And is that act any less repugnant than say, a heterosexual orgy? Should we start arresting people for anything they do when agreeing to an act?

People are either sovereign over their bodies or they are not.

[Sci Fi Guy]

People are either sovereign over their bodies or they are not.

They're not! Never have been. The state passes all sort of laws to outlaw many things that we do with our bodies, prostitution, suicide, drug use, etc.

[GregoryFul]

How are you DIRECTLY negatively impacted by two men having sex?

Two men having sex (and hetrosexual anal sex) spreads disease. Since medical problems, and their costs have been socialized, it affects me directly in the pocketbook.

Prostitution should remain illegal for similar reasons - it causes societal and medical problems.

But this ruling can easily be used to cover "comercial" sex - why not?

[Almondjoy]

Good post.

People are saying this opens the doors to all kinds of deviant behavior. Yet no one brought up the fact of that God would treat all overt sexual acts to be deviant. Make all porn illegal and make every sexual act in the bedroom except for the act of missionary sex(and only if you want to have a child!) illegal. That way we can all be happy.... what a joke. People just can't get the difference between what should be law.. and what should be their own moral behavior. Don't dicate what I do in my bedroom. Oh yeah.. don't forget.. masterbation is deviant as well. Ah shucks.. let's give people the death penalty for that.

[irish_links]

"...And is that act any less repugnant than say, a heterosexual orgy? Should we start arresting people for anything they do when agreeing to an act?..."

The question Scalia is addressing is not whether we should start arresting people for engaging in orgies. The question at hand is whether a state has the right to prohibit such behavior legally.

The clear answer is that it does. Indeed, some states have laws prohibiting adultery. Orgies would certainly seem to fall within this category.