Then why is it a favorite tactic of regressives to use it against liberals?

Enlistment today would be a good option for anyone who is a patriot or seeks to improve their lot in life; you see GoB, I don’t buy into your anti-military, anti-American liberal bias. But military life isn’t for everyone. I think military service is good; I think those who serve and served deserve our country’s gratitude.

BTW, I see that someone has taken some of your comments and actually used them as a preface for blog post ala “idiot things liberals say”. Here’s your 15 minutes of fame, dude.

Seriously, do you have a problem with joining the military? I mean, they won’t take YOU because you’re a big homo. They wont’ take me for the very same reason.

They’ll take him tho. And woudln’t he gain a lot of respect? I mean, Elvis Presley did it, and everyone at the time thought he was ruining the youth of the day with his obscene hip-wagging.

Why SHOULDN’T he enlist, Matt? Don’t just attack my supposed lack of originality, answer the question.

Sorry. Minors can give consent to have sex, inasmuch as they require no parental notification or approval to eliminate the consequences of sex, i.e. have an abortion.

IMO, laws preventing pedophilia, polygamy, and rape are more than just “legislating morality”. Theres the harm principle..my rights end where yours begin and therefore they would be in violation of someone else’s “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”.

A wholly artificial distinction, since one could easily make the case that sodomy is just as harmful as any of the above.

Those laws are also prima facie cases of “legislating morality.” Which, we are assured, government is not allowed to do.

The 10th amendment reserves the sodomy decision “to the people” not to the state.

You don’t understand what “respectively” means, I see. And “to the people” refers to the legislature, not the courts. The courts are not a representative body of the government.

I hope you are not teaching anything, Perfesser.

Hey Professor, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, are inalienable rights.

The 10th amendment reserves the sodomy decision “to the people”
not to the state.

Because the 14th amendment comes after, it amends both the 9th and 10th amendments and reaffirms that both liberty and equality belong to each citizen.

I hope you are not teaching Con Law, Professor.

A simple yes or no question

There is no question, just an idiotic statement.

I notice you didn’t answer my question.

Oh, but I did. It’s not my problem that you’re too stupid to figure it out.

Projecting, no doubt. I notice you didn’t answer my question.

So is it your position that individuals ONLY have those rights specifically mentioned in the Constitution?

Look up Federalism, then get back to me, bed-wetter.

Because sodomy laws violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment, they were unconstitutional.

Utter crap, unless you apply the same logic to laws against child abuse, bestiality, incest, etc. The Tenth Amendment grants the States the power to regulate behavior, and that includes sodomy laws. If you don’t like the laws, you can either try to get them changed through the state legislature or move to another state. Or if you want to live in a European style democracy with an all-powerful Federal government, you’re welcome to move to Europe. Just stay inside. I hear the Muslims are beating up fags.

Check your 9th amendment, RWP and NDT

Yes, let’s:

Amendment IX:
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Nothing in the amendment gives the SCOTUS the power to create law there. But let’s look at the next one:

Amendment X:
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Since the Constitution does not grant the Federal government the power to legalize sodomy, that power is reserved to the States. IOW, however desirable the ruling might have been, Scalia and Thomas were correct, and the balance of the SCOTUS exceeded their authority.