October 21, 2005

Alert - Trace of sanity found in Kansas

The Kansas high court has ruled that juviniles convicted of underage same-sex "crimes" cannot be punished more harshly than if the offense were heterosexual. “Moral disapproval of a group cannot be a legitimate state interest," wrote the unanimous court, echoing language in the Massachusetts gay marriage decision as well as the SCOTUS Lawrence (2003) decision. As those Kansas fundamentalists would say, Glory Hallelujah!