BUCKLEY VS SCALIA

It behooves me to mention William F Buckley’s recent National Review column where he seems, in his usual elegant fashion, to side against sodomy laws. Good for WFB. (He tries to imply, however, that the Texas case was a set-up by pro-gay advocates looking for a test case. In fact, the arrests were the result of a malicious neighbor with a grudge against the couple.) Buckley has true conservative principles, of course. And he has a long history of defending private consensual adult behavior in which neither party is harmed. His critical sentence is: “The Texas law says that gays cannot do what non-gays can do, and the facts of the matter weigh against Texas.” Exactly. Santorum avoids that issue entirely, and seems to know next to nothing about the Texas case. The real question for Santorum is whether he supports the enforcement of sodomy laws for straights. I presume he does. After all, if you’re really interested in maintaining public morality and strong families, why would you allow sodomy for straights (for whom it is a choice over reproductive sex) and ban it for gays (who couldn’t reproduce or have biological children if they tried.) Think about that: the number three Republican senator wants to allow the cops to police the bedrooms of straight couples to make sure there aren’t any blowjobs. That’s how far out there he is. The rest of the GOP is maintaining silence. Thanks, guys. We get the message. As one reader put it, “I was warming to the Republicans over Iraq. But statements like these have me running back to the Democrats.” I can fully see why.