To all the people claiming the sky is falling, you can relax.
This ruling has no practicle effect on anyone's behavior.
The vast, vast amounts of people who engage in oral and anal sex don't give a damn what the law says about it.
They're going to do it anyway, and there's nothing the state can do about it.
And no one is going to have oral or anal sex that wouldn't have done so while it was illegal.
The only thing sodomy laws do is foster massive contempt for the law. You see, if you make someone a felon for having oral sex, they're going to think the legal system is a big joke, and they're going to get used to breaking the law. Later, when they contemplate breaking a real law, it won't be such a big deal.
"The vast, vast amounts of people who engage in oral and anal sex don't give a damn what the law says about it."
Dang, and I thought that every homosexual in Texas (do they allow homosexuals in Texas?) was abstaining until this decision. Even now they must be flooding the parks and sidewalks to...oops, that's right, there's still a law against that in PUBLIC.
Now if only my state will drop its law forbidding oral sex between consenting heterosexuals, then maybe I could have more fun.
You probably misunderstood...I don't think the sky is falling. I'm just wondering how decriminalizing oral and anal sex creates "preferential treatment" for anyone. I don't see that it does.