Eric Berndt.When Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia held a question-and-answer session at New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of University's law school in April, gay law student Eric Berndt asked Scalia about his dissent in the 2003 Lawrence v. Texas The Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S., 123 S.Ct. 2472, 156 L.Ed.2d 508 (2003), striking down state Sodomy laws as applied to gays and lesbians. ruling which overturned the nation's sodomy laws A sodomy law is a law that defines certain sexual acts as sex crimes. The precise sexual acts meant by the term sodomy are rarely spelled out in the law, but is typically understood by courts to include any sexual act which does not lead to procreation. . Unsatisfied with Scalia's explanation that privacy is not constitutionally protected, Berndt then asked, "Do you sodomize sod·om·ize tr.v. so·dom·ized, so·dom·iz·ing, so·dom·iz·es To subject to an act of sodomy, especially forcibly. Verb 1. your wife?" "It was partially a naked act of resistance and a refusal to be silenced," Berndt explained in a open letter to fellow classmates Classmates can refer to either:
A former fraternity brother and four-year starter for the University of Chicago football team, Berndt doesn't play like a rookie when it comes to activism. "I still have that football mentality," he says. "Here's a guy who comes to our turf and would deny me, my gay friends, and gays everywhere respect and rights," |
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