Lawrence vs. Texas was written by Justice Kennedy, who was appointed by President Reagan and is nominally Republican, but he's firmly bought into the elite attitude that what he likes is consistent with the Constitution and what he doesn't like violates the Constitution.
The poor word "liberal" has so many meanings that I really do prefer to stick with intelligentsia and elite when describing the attitude involved in said decision.
I said it was wrong, and was accused of wanting to put a scarlet "H" on homosexuals. Emotions matter, not ideas.
If I say, judicially imposed legalized abortion is wrong, then I am accused of hating women (not here, elsewhere).
If I am opposed to affirmative action as a violation of equal protection of laws, then I must hate blacks.
If I am opposed to a judicially imposed "fair wage" or "living wage," then I must hate poor people.
The intelligentsia elite define us, not by our thoughts, but by our emotions. What matters is how you feel about things, and whether your feelings are the correct ones. And that really is a liberal attitude.
Justice Thomas's dissent in Lawrence vs. Texas is instructive -- he said he thought anti-sodomy laws were stupid and wrong, but that didn't make sodomy a Constitutional "right." |
