all links from [How Appealing]:
"Supreme Court kills ban on gay sex". "Supreme Court kills ban on gay sex": The Houston Chronicle has this breaking news. CNN.com reports here that "Supreme Court strikes down Texas sodomy law." And The AP reports here that "Supreme Court strikes down gay sex ban."
Lawrence v. Texas (syllabus here; majority opinion here; opinion concurring in the judgment here; dissenting opinion here; additional dissenting opinion here; oral argument transcript here)
YES.
WaPo has coverage as well:
Sandra Day O'Connor, also voted to strike down the law, but on the separate basis that it was unfair to punish oral and anal sex between homosexuals but not the same conduct between heterosexuals.
but
Scalia said that the ruling "effectively decrees the end of all morals legislation," and would pave the way for "judicial imposition of homosexual marriage, as has recently occurred in Canada." [ed. note: Exactly!!]
This is a good day. Now I'm off to read the full opinions. On first blush, I think Justice O'Connor's position is particularly interesting, because it removes the offense from the tricky question of a "right to privacy" and places it squarely in the "equal protection" arena. Interesting.
