Originally Posted by meembo

I see this as a case of interstate commerce, as the court said. The court can't ignore viable federal law, even if it seems dated and unpopular -- and I'm a dyed-in-the -wool liberal! I think the real test of the political waters is whether the Justice Department tries to prosecute anyone until the time a change in federal law is proposed in Congress, and that will take several attempts as well. This federal law is as stupid as the old sodomy laws of the South. The mission is to get the old law off the books.