do not deny my constitutional right to sex
Today in my Individual Rights class in the midst of discussion on Bowers v. Hardwick, our professor queried the big question(s): What fundamental rights are conveyed by the Constitution? What rights are inferred? What rights are protected even if they aren't explicitly stated in the Constitution?
The GA statute in question made criminal any contact between the genitals of one person and the mouth or anus of another. The Supreme Court held (this was in 1986 and has since been overturned by Lawrence v. Texas) that the Constitution does not convey the fundamental right for homosexuals to engage in sodomy.
PROFESSOR, TO CLASS: What do you think? Does our Constitution convey a right to rimming?
CLASS: *titters*
MEI: You know what rimming is--
Slash fandom has ruined me, you guys. Duh, it's not like anal sex or rimming is limited to the m/m portion of the sexual world. But kind of still "HAHA OH YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT IN CLASS, HOW AWKWARD..."
Anyway, my friend promptly turned to me and said: "You know this statute outlaws blowjobs too?"
Outrage! Clearly the Court was right in overturning this case.
And this was after we spent an hour debating abortion, during which a guy commented, on whether the graphic description of partial-birth abortion in one of the cases was necessary, "I don't think there's any medical procedure that is as horrifying as tearing off the head and limbs of a person. And if that's what you're doing, I don't see the problem is with describing it like that."
Oh, said the female half of the class.
"I have a feeling I'm not going to get to the later cases," said my professor, acknowledging how numerous hands just shot up around the room.
Man, I love this class and its ridiculousness. Lots of things said that make me angry or make me roll my eyes in utter disbelief, but seriously I love my professor, who says things like "That metaphor went as out of control as a city bus driven by a heroin addict," and "So I'm like a medieval minstrel," and "Marshall was actually responsible for the black robes the Supreme Court justices wore; before they all wore salmon-colored robes and it all looked very camp".
Also? He is Liverpool fan. ♥
The GA statute in question made criminal any contact between the genitals of one person and the mouth or anus of another. The Supreme Court held (this was in 1986 and has since been overturned by Lawrence v. Texas) that the Constitution does not convey the fundamental right for homosexuals to engage in sodomy.
PROFESSOR, TO CLASS: What do you think? Does our Constitution convey a right to rimming?
CLASS: *titters*
MEI: You know what rimming is--
Slash fandom has ruined me, you guys. Duh, it's not like anal sex or rimming is limited to the m/m portion of the sexual world. But kind of still "HAHA OH YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT IN CLASS, HOW AWKWARD..."
Anyway, my friend promptly turned to me and said: "You know this statute outlaws blowjobs too?"
Outrage! Clearly the Court was right in overturning this case.
And this was after we spent an hour debating abortion, during which a guy commented, on whether the graphic description of partial-birth abortion in one of the cases was necessary, "I don't think there's any medical procedure that is as horrifying as tearing off the head and limbs of a person. And if that's what you're doing, I don't see the problem is with describing it like that."
Oh, said the female half of the class.
"I have a feeling I'm not going to get to the later cases," said my professor, acknowledging how numerous hands just shot up around the room.
Man, I love this class and its ridiculousness. Lots of things said that make me angry or make me roll my eyes in utter disbelief, but seriously I love my professor, who says things like "That metaphor went as out of control as a city bus driven by a heroin addict," and "So I'm like a medieval minstrel," and "Marshall was actually responsible for the black robes the Supreme Court justices wore; before they all wore salmon-colored robes and it all looked very camp".
Also? He is Liverpool fan. ♥