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Thursday, June 26, 2003
BOWERS V. HARDWICK OVERTURNED!
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Although I am a lawyer, I don't have a political blog or a legal blog or a news blog, and I don't want to, but this really seems like it needs commenting on by me-- not that plenty of people aren't commenting on it already.
I've always felt that Bowers v. Hardwick, the 1986 Supreme Court decision upholding a Georgia statute outlawing consensual sex between same-sex couples, was the Dred Scott or Plessy v. Ferguson of our time. That is, it's a case that was so obviously wrongly decided that future generations would look back on it with disgust. So, today's landmark decision in Lawrence v. Texas, to me, goes a long way toward restoring the legitimacy of the Supreme Court after Bush v. Gore, particularly given its conservative make-up right now.
I think it's also really interesting and cool that this comes literally on the eve of the 34th anniversary of the start of the Stonewall riots on June 27, 1969, which is widely seen as the start of the gay rights movement.
This should make the Greenwich Village Gay Pride parade this Sunday quite a celebration to see indeed.
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