However, transportation across state lines and in through the mail was illegal at the federal level (Comstock laws).I had to look this is up, simply because it was inconsistent with certain family history I am aware of.
Contraception was not illegal in the U.S., and that title of your reference actually demonstrates it. It was illegal in Connecticut. This was a state issue. Contraception was legal in other states.
It was decided at the federal level because is it was determined to involve issues pertaining to the U.S. Constitution. But it doesn’t follow that contraception was illegal in the U.S. at the time. It was quite legal in many states at the time. Same with Roe v. Wade. It dealt with the laws of a certain state, but in other states it was already legal. Once these issues hit the federal courts, their decisions apply to the entire country.However, transportation across state lines and in through the mail was illegal at the federal level (Comstock laws).
Griswold v Conneticut was a federal suit, and was decided at the federal level – just like Roe v Wade, making it applicable to all 50 states. Roe v Wade was a challenge to a Texas law.
Contraception is nothing more than masturbation with a partner. Should one outlaw masturbation, especially as young ones can fall into it without realizing that it is wrong? Contraception & masturbation are transgressions against God, not really transgressions against your fellow man (with the exception of abortifacients). Gay marriage is different in that it seeks to legitimize adoption which affects a third person. The purpose of law is primarily to protect & serve those who/when one cannot protect & serve themselves effectively. One can argue that laws should be ordered to the correction of moral behavior in society, and indeed there is nothing wrong with outlawing contraception but, not when the cure is worse than the disease. One conjures up the Monty Python skit where the Spanish Inquisition invades your bedroom. Nevertheless, I could see a good case for outlawing the manufacture & sale of contraception as a worthy endeavor considering the effect that it has had on cohabitation, instead of marriage, and the consequent deterioration of stable family life for the rearing of children.Contraception is intrinsically evil according to Catholicism. So why don’t Catholics look to ban it? They think that gay marriage should be outlawed, so why not contraception? Why the double standard?
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