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| the dignity and rights of gay men and lesbians on the other.Some years ago, Dahlia Lithwick and I christened Kennedy the "Sphinx of Sacramento" because,http://fitflopssandalss.webs.com/, to outsiders, it seems hard to square his sympathy for gay rights with his views on abortion and federal power. His decisions have eloquently explained why an anti-gay initiative in Colorado, and a Texas law against gay and lesbian sex, violate his vision of constitutional equality. In the sodomy case, Lawrence v. Texas, he wrote that the Constitution's protections of liberty counsel against attempts by the State, or a court, to define the meaning of [a same-sex] relationship or to set its boundaries absent injury to a person or abuse of an institution the law protects. It suffices for us to acknowledge that adults may choose to enter upon this relationship in the confines of their homes and their own private lives and still retain their dignity as free persons. When sexuality finds overt expression in intimate conduct with another person, |
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