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- From: tjc50@juts.ccc.amdahl.com (Terry Carroll)
- Newsgroups: misc.legal
- Subject: Re: Supreme Court and Homosexuality
- Keywords: _Skinner v. Oklahoma_, 316 U.S. 535 (1942)
- Message-ID: <5au1021m2cx001@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>
- Date: 24 Nov 92 01:19:17 GMT
- References: <19394@smoke.brl.mil>
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- Reply-To: tjc50@juts.ccc.amdahl.com (Terry Carroll)
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- In article <19394@smoke.brl.mil>, matt@smoke.brl.mil (Matthew Rosenblatt)
- writes:
- > >Can Georgia constitutionally ban heterosexual sex? [Ted Frank]
- >
- > We have it from Justice William Douglas's opinion for the U. S.
- > Supreme Court in _Skinner v. Oklahoma_, 316 U.S. 535 (1942),
- > that legislation taking away the right to procreate affects
- > "one of the basic civil rights of man," because marriage and
- > procreation are fundamental to the very existence and survival
- > of the race.
-
- Yes, but notice Douglas' reference is to "marriage and procreation", not to
- "no marriage and procreation" or to "marriage and sex without procreation".
- Given that, this comment (which is not in itself a statement of law, just a
- supporting argument) might not be interpreted as saying a state may not ban
- consensual sex, particularly in certain circumstances (e.g., unmarried).
-
- I think Griswold and subsequent cases are more supportive.
-
- Terry Carroll - tjc50@juts.ccc.amdahl.com - 408/992-2152
- The opinions presented above are not necessarily those of a sound mind.
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