Lizard_King wrote:

Note that Santorum did not as far as I know refer to pedophilia as that is by definition in violation of most definitions of consent, and was very clear that he meant that the ONLY standard left was consent, which implicitly includes the idea of an age of consent (open to debate).

Lizard_King wrote:

Obviously, he meant this to spark a furor of people admitting that deep down inside they want the government to regulate morality;

Lizard_King wrote:

Either way, nothing he said was illogical, and if people weren't reading what they wish he had said into his words this would be a nonissue.

The Senate majority leader wrote:

I have this fear that this zone of privacy that we all want protected in our own homes is gradually — or I'm concerned about the potential for it gradually being encroached upon, where criminal activity within the home would in some way be condoned.

A thoracic surgeon wrote:

Generally, I think matters such as sodomy should be addressed by the state legislatures. That's where those decisions — with the local norms, the local mores — are being able to have their input in reflected. And that's where it should be decided, and not in the courts.