I fly the liberal flag as defiantly as anyone, heck, I briefly did environmental canvassing with the main litigant in the Hopwood Case (total female dog, got our office manager fired out of spite and perhaps jealousy, and went to FSU after the case was won anyway). I'm QUITE familiar with Lawrence v. Texas; since my mother retired from the Office of the Texas Atty. General, perhaps it was inevitable (though she never discussed that or any other case with me, just for the record). Anti-sodomy laws (not just in TX, ours just provided the test case invalidating all of them) applied to everyone, but were only ENFORCED against homosexuals (even that ceased decades ago; Lawrence v. TX was an attempt to reinstate enforcement, and failed spectacularly, as it should). I say that to provide context to the following: Comparing oppression in China with oppression in America, Texas or anywhere else is rather absurd. An antiquated law that was seldom enforced, and struck down the moment TX tried, is hardly on par with electroshocking people into heterosexuality. How sad that that must be explained to anyone....