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Nothing new here. Santorum's far from alone in believing that states have a valid interest in enforcing "traditional" sexual mores.
From the Slate article I originally quoted:
<i>Smith explains that fundamental rights are understood to apply to decisions about "sexual relations in the home" and decisions about "procreation and non-procreation." Rehnquist interjects that the laws at issue have little to do with "non-procreation." Smith says these laws say "you can't have sexual activity at all" if you are gay and Scalia objects: "They just say you can't have sexual intimacy with a person of the same sex." See? No problem. Homosexuals remain perfectly at liberty to have heterosexual sex in Texas. </i>
Rick Santorum and Antonin Scalia, working together to build a better America...
BTW, I was impressed by who stepped up to the plate _first_ to denounce Santorum's remarks. Not Arlen Specter, not Ed Rendell, not John Street, not anyone from Pennsylvania... but _Howard Dean_. (Kerry threw in a me-too soon after.) If you hear a cha-CHING in the distance, it's a small donation going to Dean's campaign fund.
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