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To: D. Long who wrote (3020)	7/2/2003 9:09:36 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793841

If one is entitled not only to unlimited privacy of sexual behavior in the home, but protection for sexuality as a whole, then there are ZERO grounds for state regulation of morally repugnant behaviors like statutory rape. I see that gay rights is genuinely an issue that ticks you off, Derek. And you had pictured yourself as being firmly in the abstract realm of constitutional interpretation. You and I both, of course, know that the decision does no such thing. There are the two little things of "adult" "consensus". Check those words out in a dictionary.

To: D. Long who wrote (3020)	7/2/2003 2:00:04 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793841

If one is entitled not only to unlimited privacy of sexual behavior in the home, but protection for sexuality as a whole, then there are ZERO grounds for state regulation of morally repugnant behaviors like statutory rape Not so, Derek, other rights, such as the state's interest in protecting the welfare of minors, may be held to trump the right of privacy. Ditto for assaults of any kind. It will become more difficult to regulate behavior between consenting adults, however, which has implications for the incest laws (or might if anyone was pushing to change them) and for legalization of prostitution.