Disapproval of homosexuality cannot justify invading the houses, hearts and minds of citizens who choose to live their lives differently. Harry A. Blackmun More Quotes by Harry A. Blackmun More Quotes From Harry A. Blackmun This Court repeatedly has recognized that the whole subject of the domestic relations of husband and wife belongs to the laws of the States and not to the laws of the United States. Harry A. Blackmun wife husband law What the Court really has refused to recognize is the fundamental interest all individuals have in controlling the nature of their intimate associations. Harry A. Blackmun individual association fundamentals We're all eccentrics. We're nine prima donnas. Harry A. Blackmun prima-donnas nine From this day forward, I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death. Harry A. Blackmun tinkering death-penalty human-rights The flaw in the statute is that in all its applications, it operates on a fundamentally mistaken premise that high solicitation costs are an accurate measure of fraud. Harry A. Blackmun fraud flaws cost By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a threat of censorship that by its very existence chills free speech. Harry A. Blackmun ethos speech hands The right of an individual to conduct intimate relationships in the intimacy of his or her own home seems to me to be the heart of the Constitutions protection of privacy. Harry A. Blackmun intimate-relationships home heart It is precisely because the issue raised by this case touches the heart of what makes individuals what they are that we should be especially sensitive to the rights of those whose choices upset the majority. Harry A. Blackmun upset choices rights heart
