> (In its 2003 Lawrence v. Texas decision, the Supreme Court ruled that
> Texas's anti-sodomy law was unconstitutional and that "the state cannot
> demean [homosexuals'] existence or control their destiny by making their
> private sexual conduct a crime.")
"The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation." Pierre Trudeau, 1967 http://quotationsbook.com/quote/44838/
At the time, he was Canadian Justice Minister; few years later, Prime Minister.
One response, of course, was: "Great. I'll smoke my dope in the bedroom!"
Anyone interested in the history of such things should read Andrew Hodge's biography of Alan Turing. LInk here: http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Alan_Turing