there was a supreme court case called bowers versus hardwick in 1986. that decision had declared what the court called right to homosexual sodomy, was, at best, facetious. there is no fundamental right to such a thing. there is no right of privacy extended to protect the people were intimacy in their own homes, even as adults. the constitutional law stood until lawrence versus texas in the long and 23 and change that. there was a development happening at the same time, which is that the states, one by one, were either repealing legislatively or having overturned the judicial action, their own state sodomy laws. we went from a situation in 1960, were all 50 states have some had some kind of sodomy law, which applied to both heterosexual and gay activity. by 1986, about half the states, still had sex loss. in 2000 and three, dashed in 2003, they were very much on their way out of the constitutional doctrine -- and states like texas were repealing their loss. the courts would not overturn them until someone was actually arrested in the home for allegedly h

so, in a sense, as the supreme court said in bowers vs. hardwick, these were laws of ancient origin, i suppose you could call it. but the supreme court in 1986 did not have a very deep or sophisticated understanding of the history of these laws. they were not laws that were targeted on their face only at gay sex. they targeted both heterosexual and homosexual nonprocreative sexual act, like oral sex, and in every state until the late 1960s and early 1970s that's the way they were written. in the mid-1950s, very influential legal authorities suggested a number of archaic sex laws be removed, and sodomy laws were among those. that began a process by which the states been repealing their own state sodomy laws, and that process proceeded through legislatures and state courts for a period of four decades. more than four decades. at the same time, some states held on to their sodomy laws, and others, like texas, got rid of all the rest of the are take sex laws but kept the sodomy law and narrowed and it specified dirt was called deafat sexual in

, they cannot practice. >> edward miller band. >> but me join in paying tribute to captain rupert bowers, bowersluke taylor, and lance corporal michael foley, and corporal jack stanley. i join him in saying that they showed the most courage and bravery. will the prime minister confirm that the cut in the tax rate which we will be voting on will be worth at least 40,000 pounds a year to be millionaires? >> the tax rate is going to be paid five times over by the richest people in our country. i know, mr. speaker, he does not ask about unemployment. every month when unemployment has risen, he has left out that dispatch box to leap on the bad news. today, we have seen unemployment fall, employment up by 53,000, and no welcome from the honorable gentleman. does that not show all of his priorities? will he welcome the increased of people employed in our country? >> mr. speaker, mr. speaker, on unemployment, only this prime minister could think it was a cause for celebration that over 1 million young people are still out of work in this country. it is no wonder people think he is out of touch,

it turns out bower had notarized fake filings for them. >> it was designing from the beginning to be deceptive, to siphon votes from legitimate candidates. >> he received probation plus fines and the other received similar sentence. >> did you steal an election or try? >> yes. >> they stalled an election by faking absentee ballots. so far four democratic officials and operatives have pled guilty to the scheme. idea to get democratic candidates also on the working family's party line in 2009 primary. more ballot lines that kennedy has to run on more that candidate will get. they did this by submitting fraudulent ballots like this one for voter jessica boomhower. >> did you vote? >> no. >> falsely claimed she was attending a work conference in washington. his vote was stolen, too. >> did you fill out an absentee application? >> no. >> he was home recovering from a medical procedure. >> so your vote was a fraud? >> it was. >> in january, two officials faced the first trial, democratic election commissioner and form democratic councilman. >> you did nothing wrong? >> absolutely. not a th

those servicemen who have fallen since we last met for prime minister's question time, captain rupert bowers from second battalion the mercian regiment, sergeant luke taylor from the royal marines, lance corporal michael foley from the adjutant general's corps, and corporal jack stanley, from the queen's royal hussars, who died on sunday, april 8. i will have more meetings later today. >> naomi long. >> i would like to also offer my condolences. in the northern ireland area, party political donations are not subject the same publication rules. will the prime minister commit to bringing the northern ireland publication rules into line with the rest of the u.k., and further, with the demonstrate his commitment by following our lead and publishing volunteer and lists of donors to the conservative party in northern ireland? >> very happy. we publish those donor lists, and quite rightly so. as the honorable lady knows, there was legislation passed for reasons that i think are quite well known for the house. the northern ireland political parties, we want them to have the same approach as the rest

it turns out bower had notarized fake filings for them. >> it was designing from the beginning to be deceptive, to siphon votes from legitimate candidates. >> he received probation plus fines and the other received similar sentence. >> did you steal an election or try? >> yes. >> they stalled an election by faking absentee ballots. so far four democratic officials and operatives have pled guilty to the scheme. idea to get democratic candidates also on the working family's party line in 2009 primary. more ballot lines that kennedy has to run on more that candidate will get. they did this by submitting fraudulent ballots like this one for voter jessica boomhower. >> did you vote? >> no. >> falsely claimed she was attending a work conference in washington. his vote was stolen, too. >> did you fill out an absentee application? >> no. >> he was home recovering from a medical procedure. >> so your vote was a fraud? >> it was. >> in january, two officials faced the first trial, democratic election commissioner and form democratic councilman. >> you did nothing wrong? >> absolutely. not a th

in bowers versus hardwick of the head of the private argument on the equal protection ground which is what many people thought the court would do. so they provided the and then you've got three votes in the minority justice scalia, chief justice rehnquist and justice thomas. justice scalia rights and announces a vehement to send in which he says basically the court has taken sides in the cultural war and that it's not be giving in a fashion that can be tied to the constitution in any way that this would be a slippery slope to things like bigamy and widespread of semidey and she said they marriage and then justice thomas writes for himself saying that while she believes they are silly to use his expression quoting from the early justice, and if he were a texas legislator she would vote to repeal these she is a judge and not a legislator and there is nothing in the constitution he's as protecting the right of privacy. so he provides the third dissenting vote. >> host: the kennedy scalia division is so interesting because the ronald reagan appointees from the 1980's, both of them serve a

it turns out bower had notarized fake filings for them. >> it was designing from the beginning to be deceptive, to siphon votes from legitimate candidates. >> he received probation plus fines and the other received similar sentence. >> did you steal an election or try? >> yes. >> they stalled an election by faking absentee ballots. so far four democratic officials and operatives have pled guilty to the scheme. idea to get democratic candidates also on the working family's party line in 2009 primary. more ballot lines that kennedy has to run on more that candidate will get. they did this by submitting fraudulent ballots like this one for voter jessica boomhower. >> did you vote? >> no. >> falsely claimed she was attending a work conference in washington. his vote was stolen, too. >> did you fill out an absentee application? >> no. >> he was home recovering from a medical procedure. >> so your vote was a fraud? >> it was. >> in january, two officials faced the first trial, democratic election commissioner and form democratic councilman. >> you did nothing wrong? >> absolutely. not a th

it turns out bower had notarized fake filings for them. >> this was designed from the beginning to confuse voters to siphon votes from legitimate candidates. >> eric: bower received probation and fines and mcginness received a similar sentence. >> did you try to steal an election? >> yes. >> politicians say they stole an election by faking absentee ballots. >> four operatives have pled guilty to the scheme. the idea is to get democratic candidates also on the ballot of the working family's party line in the 2009 primary. the more ballot lines they would have to run on the more votes the candidate will get. it is charged they did this by fulfilling and submitting fraudulent ballots like this one. >> did you vote? >> no. >> they have your vote? >> they do. >> she was attending a work conference in boston. his vote was stolen, too. >> did you fill out an absentee ballot? >> his claim brian was home recovering from a medical procedure. >> so your vote was a fraud? >> it was. >> eric: in january, two officials faced the first trial. democratic commissioner and former democratic city councilman?

to confuse voters and siphon votes from candidates. >> bower received fines and pro gages mcginnis received similar sentence. >> did you try to steal it? >> prosecutors say politicians stole an election by faking absentee ballots. so far four democratic public officials and political operatives pled guilty to the scheme. the idea to get democratic candidates also on the ballot of the working families party line in the 2009 primary. the more ballot lines they have to vote on the more vote they will get. it is charged they did this by filling out and submitting fraudulent ab sen stee ballots like this one like this one. >> did you vote? >> no. >> they have your vote at the board of elections? >> they do. >> it falsely claims she was attending a work conference in boston. brian says his vote was stolen, too. >> did you fill out an absentee ballot? >> he was home recovering from a medical procedure. >> your vote was a fraud. >> it was. >> in january 2nd officials face the first trial. edward mcdonna and former city councilman michaela porta. >> you did nothing wrong? >> absolutely nothing. >> a

investigative author tom bower calls simon -- >> i really, really, really hated that. >> yes, this simone, vain. >> simon's world is simon. here is a man who's constantly telling contestants on tv, you're no good and he has suffered the same for 20 years in the music business. people have been heaping, heaping manure on him telling him he's no good. >> reporter: and now, a reported $70 million a year for shows like "american idol," "x factor," "america's got talent" finally living on his own over-the-top terms. including relationships with women, lots. the book seems to end any speculation cowell is anything but a lady's man. i mean it kind of makes him look like a stud. >> it makes him look like a stud. but he's a 52-year-old stud. you think he's misbehaved. he likes women who are uncomplicated, bit trashy. i said what do you think about the girls you have on your shows and he said, well they're my toys. >> quote simon saying he dated pop star dannii minogue, made moves on paula abdul and sheryl crow. bower spent days and nights aboard simon's rented party yacht. >> they didn't stop bre

founder gary bower has deployed it in regular vehicles and embraces it for zero emissions. >> we're going to get more out there. as you get these built and more out there, you definitely get them at a cost factor people can afford. i think it will grow rapidly. >> first of the power train vehicles should be on the road at the end of the year. >> kristen: we've all heard the u.s. postal service has plans to close some facilities and downsize others but the historic post office in downtown palo alto is causing quite an uproar, karina rusk explains. >> palo alto's downtown post office is not only historic for many residents, it's part of their history. she has a relationship that goes back decades. >> i've had a box here since 1967. >> but now, they have a plan to save $20 billion a year. the cost cutting equation includes selling seven bay area post offices including burlingame and palo alto. the idea is to relocate operations to smaller spaces, with e-mailo the regular business, many customers understand that the government needs to downsize. >> i don't think it's necessary. >> nobody has

neighbor cineda bowers has lived across the street from england since he was a child. >> it's a shamet boy is a good kid, way down deep. nobody ever dug down deep enough to help him. >> reporter: the day before the shootings, england used a racial slur in a facebook posting describing who shot his father. today is two areas that my dad has been gone, he said. it's hard not to go off between that and sharan. i'm gone in the head. so far police aren't calling what happened here a hate crime. but city councilman jack henderson says for him, the answer is clear. >> somebody that committed these crimes were very up set with black people. that person happened to be a white person. the people that they happen to kill and shoot were black people. that fits the bill for me. >> reporter: police say the two suspects were definitely trying to evade capture. they were holed up in a trailer some miles north of tulsa and their burned truck was found several miles away. jeff? >> glor: anna werner, thank you. still ahead, a change in command over anti-taliban night raids in afghanistan. that story is

we would like to invite tanya bowers, director for diversity of the national trust for historic preservation, to say a few words about her work and introduce our next speaker. >> good morning, everyone. i can't tell you what an honor it is to be up here once again i am following spencer crew, who over the last three years i had the pleasure of working with when he chaired thety versety committee of the national trust for historic preservation. we are an organization that is all about saving america's diverse historic places and revitalizing communities. and through leadership of people like dr. crew, we have been engaging america's diverse communities and saving the places and sharing the stories that matter to them. and all this has been with the vision of engaging the field of historic preservation so that it embraces the full range of america's cultural experiences. it is with great pleasure that we have worked through our 29 historic sites on ensuring that the full stories get told in those places. one of our sites in philadelphia is called cliveden on cliveden street, and this was a pla

soon after in 2005, twin bowers were arrested, the first trial -- twin brothers ended up in a locked jury. two young men with the dog at the scene is seen in surveillance video. but the lead detective in the case could not properly identify them as a suspect. a handful of other people were spotted on that surveillance video. defense attorneys will grill the lead detective asking if he could identify those individuals. the lead detective said no. advocates against animal abuse also sit in the courtroom. >> we hope that there's a good verdict in the case. but either way, this case has brought enormous attention to animal abuse here in our city. >> reporter: today prosecutors were successful getting some of the statements from that suspect unwilling to testify. entered into court by some crafty q & a. the defense will have their own witnesses. the testimony could go on at least for another week. reporting live tonight, adam may, wjz eyewitness news. >>> the brothers are locked up in jail for unrelated crimes right now. >>> baltimore county police are now helping in the search for a miss

. >> bowering joins the chase. >> i know he's not going to go over 30 miles per hour.he fuel tank is diesel. he's not going to get away. >> he may not get away, but he's doing plenty of damage. >> just knocked down grave stones and he's coming out on the 860 as we speak. >> i don't think he would have stopped. the only thing that did stop him were those double gates where he rammed and had his tire burst. >> it looks like it's going to be left, no, reversing back into the cemetery. >> his front tire damaged, the digger grinds to a stop. >> vehicle's stopped. >> but the driver doesn't surrender easily. >> he was extremely aggressive when officers approached him and they were forced to use incapacitate spray. >> for one guy, he's made a lot of trouble in just a few minutes. >> he has caused in excess of 30,000 to 40,000 pounds worth of damage. he was prepared to drive through a grave yard and desecrate that in order to try to get away. i think it's just an absolute disgrace. it's appalling. >> it turns out, the man is a member of a larger criminal ring that steals heavy

. >> gary bower said they were having a strategy meeting to discuss how senator santorum prevails. >>as to santorum on how to turn around his campaign. most think we need to come up with big bold ideas. he said to expect changes in santorum's approach in the next seven to ten days. >> wow. >> if he met with gary bower you know that's a summit. >> right now he doesn't have control of the narrative. he has got to get access to a microphone. i have a microphone rick come on. i would love to give you a platform for your big ideas. let's go. and that's one -- you are right, one of them is to gingrich will drop out which i think will do nothing, but -- >> it's fun to imagine. >> every comedian liberal wants santorum to fight on. >> and then same sex spouses, a judge in california had a finding calling equal benefits for the couple is discriminatory. it marks a landmark in lbgt rights. >> beautiful. [ applause ] >> how can we find out things about john fugelsang. >> i'm going to be doing guilded love story next month in madison. and you can find that at john fugelsang.com. >> yeah. if you ca

tom bower is the author. >> uh. >> an unauthorized, unofficial book and this is the crazy part. all access to simon cowell and simon cowell's advisors go are you kid something he's an investigative reporter and author, why would you allow this? and this is happening. it alleges in the book that danny minogue, on the english, the london england x factor. >> uh-huh. >> and that she was hired because she and simon cowell were having an affair and remember how cheryl coal started out on the u.s. x factor? >> yes. >> that was because simon cowell wanted to have an affair with her. >> okay. >> and -- . >> this is in a book about simon? >> yes. >> and to top of that, he has a one-night stand with a woman in l.a. who robs him of a computer that has secrets of x factor and "american idol." this is going to be good. >> it's that whole how would no publicity is bad publicity. >> and unbelievable. >> and tupac and now, they may take that on tour? >> and did you see this? i was blown away and this is the hologram image. they joined tupac on stage and -- that reaction is unbelievable and they

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. >> reporter: bacon, along with gary williams and nutrition expert joy bower, helped pick the winninging votes went to the people. students collected meals and gave them to shelters. >> we recognize the impact we could make if we connected food waste and hunger. >> reporter: bacon's goal is to use creativity, to help others, which he says every team accomplished. >> i think he's got a killer job. way to go. >> reporter: the food recovery network says so far, they've distributed 6700 meals to homeless shelters. with their win, they'll receive $5,000. i'm andrea fujii, wjz eyewitness news. >> college park's school of philanthropy, and nonprofit leadership is just two years old. school leaders hope this partnership with bacon will help it become a destination program. >> trev. >>> stray strait ahead on eyewitness news -- straight ahead on eyewitness news at 4:00. >> how long will it be? >> i don't know, ma'am. they have to respond to life- threatening situations first. >> a frustrating call for help in the josh powell case. did the operator make a mistake? >>> what one homeowner is force

santorum support somewhere social conservative activist gary bower, a tugs how to win, not a discussion of anything other than that. here's santorum's convoluted rationalization how he can still make the nomination. a bank shot from half court look easy. strategy hinges on a couple of key steps. one, both are beyond the campaign's control and neither is likely. under, get newt gingrich out of the race according to santorum's campaign leaders have promised increase public calls for gingrich to quit, endorse santorum and ask his delegates to throw their support behind santorum. here's how gingrich responded to that idea. >> have you heard anything about senator santorum's meeting this morning, trying to revamp the stampede saying there's an alliance between yourself? >> no. >> step two, get the texas republican party to change its rules for how they allocate delegates for their may primary. currently 47 at large delegates, awarded proportionally. another 108 delegates awarded proportionately wish take all by congressional district. the campaign wants to make texas a winner take all state,

marion barry yvette alexander and mural bower beat their opponents. barry got 73% of the vote in ward 8. jack evans ran unopposed in ward 2. the democratic at large council race is too close to call right now. incumbent vincent orange leads challenger sekou biddle by just 543 votes. about 3,800 absentee ballots still have to be counted. those results may not be in until next friday, april 13th. >>> in maryland, a hotly contested house race is now set for this fall. businessman john delaney won the democratic primary for district 6. he'll face longtime congressman roscoe bartlett. the republican is fighting to keep his seat for an 11th term in the house. redistricting changed district 6, which could favor a large portion of montgomery county which traditionally votes democratic. >>> and you can see a detailed list from every primary race in "decision 2012" on nbcwashington.com. >>> tom is here now to tell us about our weather for today and look ahead to the rest of this week. a lot of folks have the week off, i guess, before spring break. >> yeah, a lo

[laughter] so you'd be at a sunday dinner at the house, come to the bottom of the beef bower begin krone, and in french it would say death to all officials. [laughter] this is an interesting thing. and it was con stand. you know, going into the countryside i found one of the villages where he committed the worst crime, the one that really got him executed, and i met some old farmers there. and the interesting thing there was when you go overseas and especially meet rural people, it's very difficult to win their trust. so i had to go through a man in lyon who knew the mayor in that town who after interviewing me for an hour said let me introduce you to these old guys, and they had grandparents who remembered the case. we speak for an hour, and it all takes a long time. they said, would you like to see the scene of the crime? i wanted it for the book to be accurate. and they take me to the scene of the crime. here's where it happens, there's the cascade, here's where the cows came. and i had one of these wonderful moments of discovery. i said, monsieurs, i'm not sure about this. well, i ha

. >> reporter: in billy's nearby childhood home, visitors are greeted by kathy bowers one of franklin's is a continuing crusade. you know, the gospel continues to go forward day after day. people meet the lord here for the first time. that's what we're about. >> reporter: why does every member of your family start preaching to me? >> it's just the way we are: this is where i work out of. >> reporter: his office reflects the passions of a man. >> this is a black bear from up in alberta. >> reporter: whose heart has never left the blue ridge mountains. i've been in the offices of a few preachers. none quite like this. certainly not with this many guns. what does your office say about you? >> i like the outdoors. these old guns i've always enjoyed guns. >> reporter: billy graham delivered his message from stadiums around the world. franklin spreads his from the sprawling campus of office buildings and warehouses. and behind every incubator.... >> we collect about nine million of these gifts right here. >> reporter: behind every christmas gift is a higher purpose. do you think that your wor

. >> gary bower looks like he has it for sure. >> he has pancakes and running off of the stage. [ glass has got to get access to a microphone. i offered him mine. he will say something like this we will not allow the establishment to shove romney down our throats. >> at least they are not shoving santorum down our throats. >> yeah. [ buzzer sounds ] >> rick, we're just saying please, we have a microphone. i agree you need to be free of the republican establishment. you need to be free of the republican establishment and the media types that say this race is over. for god's sake. what? too late? >> too late sorry. let's go to buddy in columbus. >> hello buddy. >> hey momma, i hope you guys appreciate the marvellous talents of the exotic and erotic rebecca. >> uh-huh. she is amazing. >> the southern states did not really start flying the confederate battle flag until the 50s and 60 when there was desegregation. and also the confederate constitution [ inaudible ] the idea of slavery. so all of these garbage of heritage not hate, southern pride. it was a traderous state to teach everyone ab

his bower bella is home from the hospital. she was released last night.e prayers and support they received. the campaign cancelled his first two events scheduled for today to allow santorum family to settle in at home. >>> president obama traveled to florida today to campaign for the buffet rule. his tax proposal targeting millionaires and billionaires. it would require that the wealthiest earners to pay 30% of their income in taxes. the president will make his case in a speech this afternoon at florida university. >>> lottery officials are announcing three winners are claiming a share of the $656 million jackpot. they say it's three co-workers who pooled their money spending $20 each. they bought 60 tickets. the winners are choosing to remain anonymous. they are so smart. but we do know this. they are a woman in her 20s, a man in his 40s and a woman in her 50s. all work in the public school system in maryland. this is the second out of three mega million prizes claimed. the final winner in illinois has not come forward yet. i'm pretty sure this is the fi

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scott the bower from the cme, what gives this morning, down by triple digits by the dow. what's the biggest fan to being, europe, elections, concerns with the euro? or is this an issue of walmart and others? >> i think it's all of the above. walmart is actually very minimal in what's happening in the futures. everything comes out of europe and uneasiness of the elections is what's going on here. corporate iearnings have actualy been very good. over 80% of the companies beating estimates and giving good guidance going forward. at some point as things hopefully stabilize a bit and coming out of europe, at some point, these corporate earnings will in my opinion trump everything else and we'll see the market pick up again. but right now, europe and the elections is what's on everyone's mind. >> we know europe is out this, we know europe is out there just with every day. what makes it different today? >> i think now because this election news. coming out of france and maybe there's going to be a change of power which then translates over to merkel's biggest ally not being ther