Again, it’s fascinating to see Clarence Thomas, a man I admire, take the trouble to point out that even though he voted with the minority on constitutional grounds, he is personally opposed to the law on political grounds:
If I were a member of the Texas Legislature, I would vote to repeal. Punishing someone for expressing his sexual preference through noncommercial consensual conduct with another adult does not appear to be a worthy way to expend valuable law enforcement resources.
This is the point Senator Santorum still won’t address. The reason for his silence is that he actually believes that the government’s policing of private sexual behavior is a good and important thing. Now we know how far out there he really is.
The Dish 