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"The Supreme Court's sweeping June 26 ruling in Lawrence v. Texas... the Court issued a striking affirmation of gay people's citizenship, a wholesale rejection of Bowers, a confirmation of privacy rights... an elaboration of sexual rights under the Constitution that could protect sexual dissidents of all stripes.
"...gay activists are salivating over the prospect of using Lawrence to overturn "don't ask, don't tell," endorse gay parental rights and sanction gay marriage.
"...it forcefully rejected morality as a basis for state regulation of sexuality. Citing Planned Parenthood of Southeastern PA v. Casey, Kennedy argue... the law's obligation is to "define the liberty of all, not to mandate its own moral code."
"...provoked Justice Antonin Scalia's hysterical dissent."
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