Written: 12/30/2011
I’m going to generalize. Sorry for that. However, there are a good many of right-wing Republicans (not conservatives, they aren’t in control of the Republic party anymore), that think that “Big Government” needs to go away…except when it is regulating what people do in their bedrooms.
Rick Perry reminded us all that he disagrees with Lawrence v Texas, the Supreme Court case which struck down sodomy laws across the country.
Here’s the reader’s digest version (which by the way, Reader’s Digest has been embracing that phrase, and I kind of dig the metaness of it): Before 2003, some states (and in this case, Texas), had sodomy laws on the books. These laws were directed at the LGBT community, in some cases, basically making it illegal to be gay.
Many of these laws also technically made all sex aside from missionary sex with the goal of procreation illegal as well.
So yes, until 2003, a mere eight years ago, it was illegal to be gay in many states. Think of how outrageous that is. And there are many politicians that are being given legitimate air time, that think we need to roll back to that time.
Make no mistake, there are hateful, evil people out there that want even worse for me, but it’s pretty bad that there are those that want to make my very existence illegal.
All my best,
The King of Spades
