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Big boost for privacy rights

In a ruling on a Texas law, the Supreme Court strengthened both gay rights and abortion rights.

By Warren Richey and Linda Feldmann / Staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor

WASHINGTON – The US Supreme Court has drawn a thick constitutional curtain around the nation's bedrooms.
In a landmark 6-to-3 decision announced Thursday, America's highest court commanded the states to get out of the business of attempting to regulate what can or can't happen within private, intimate relationships between consenting adults. Instead, five of the six majority justices ruled that Americans enjoy a fundamental right to conduct the most personal and private aspects of their lives free from the prying eyes of government officials.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0627/p01s01-usju.html?mostViewed