Supreme Court Stirs the Pot Again

The Supreme Court decided to make big headlines twice in one week by smacking down the Texas sodomy law just days after it upheld affirmative action. I found the news groups' reviews of this decision extremely lacking, so I went and found the actual ruling so I could read it myself instead of trusting the media and their various spins. I found Kennedy's ruling to be, for the most part, logical and easy to follow. O'Connor's agreeing opinion was much easier to understand, and had the best logic. And then there's Scalia's dissenting opinion. Yipes. I got a couple paragraphs in and, after rereading them about five times, decided I had no clue what that man wanted to say other than the fact that because Bowers v Hardwick was overruled, then Roe v Wade could be overruled as well. I think. And the news groups are saying that, somewhere buried in his terrifying legalese, Scalia was also warning that this ruling would pave the way for same-sex marriages (an outcome I actually would celebrate instead of villify, but tomato, tomahto and all).

But this is the line that really stuck with me (from Kennedy's ruling):

The Bowers Court was, of course, making the broader point that for centuries there have been powerful voices to condemn homosexual conduct as immoral, but this Court's obligation is to define the liberty of all, not to mandate its own moral code.

Can I get an "AMEN"???

And if we were going to be shoving a certain group's moral code down the throats of every American, let's be equal about it. If we're so concerned about disrupting the fabric of our society by keeping the traditional views of marriage sacred, then let's have a major crackdown on adultery. Let's prosecute Gary Condit and every other asshole politician that can't keep it in his pants. You want to talk "slippery slope," Santorum? Then let's talk about what enforcing your moral code and ideas of marriage could mean. So we keep the sodomy laws. Maybe the next law on the books in this area says that oral sex is illegal. Or that men can only be on top. Or, and here's something far more likely, that sex outside of marriage is illegal. How shall these laws be enforced? Video cameras in every bedroom, right? Think that sounds ludicrous? Well, it's no more ludicrous than saying that getting rid of the Texas sodomoy law will make bigamy, polygamy, and incest OK.

I've said this before, I'll say it again, and I'll never stop saying it. The world has lots of problems to fix. Blaming any one group of people or one lifestyle as the cause of those problems is not only reminiscent of Hitler, but it's also just letting the problem get worse. If no one takes responsibility for their actions, for their role in the ills of society, then what's the point of placing blame? Why not just admit there's a problem and try to work together toward fixing it*? Is such a thing so contrary to modern humanity?
*Note: By "fixing" I do not mean saying "Let's fix it by getting rid of sodomy because that is obviously what caused the problem in the first place."