Oh, enough already.

“[Justice Kennedy] asserts that religious beliefs, history, tradition and even the desires of the majority to set parameters for the moral climate in which they wish to live are irrelevant…. That can lead to anarchy.”

What did I tell you? It’s like the sky is falling.

And look, I don’t mean “enough already” in an I’m-suppressing-your-First-Amendment-rights-and-I’m-being-hypocritically-intolerant sort of way. I’m not the government, so this isn’t a First Amendment issue. And I don’t have any actual power to make you shut the fuck up, so stop whining. What I mean by “shut the fuck up” is, do some thinking. Do some actual thinking. I’m intolerant of arguments that have no basis in reality.

I think Mike said it brilliantly: if you can’t come up with good arguments to distinguish bestiality, prostitution, and polygamy from private consensual adult sodomy, maybe those things shouldn’t be illegal in the first place.

(OK, that’s not quite what he said, but that’s where I would take it. And doesn’t it make you titter to see the phrase “slippery slope” used in relation to anal sex? Hee hee.)

And don’t give me any of this “I think it’s a symbolic gesture of traditional values” shit. (So much for W. not taking a stance.) You want to make a “symbolic gesture,” get out a paintbrush. Don’t pass laws unless you’re willing to enforce them. Before Lawrence v. Texas came down, I thought that the best way to abolish sodomy laws would be to enforce them vigorously. Once people saw cops beating down doors and arresting their friends, neighbors, children and coworkers, they’d call for abolishment faster than you can put on a condom. I think this was Teddy Roosevelt’s strategy when he was New York City police commissioner; in order to hasten the repeal of New York’s Sunday alcohol ban, he had the law vigorously enforced.

You know, nothing gets the ink flowing (or the keyboard tapping) better than reading something you disagree with.