hardwick which has nothing in common with what straight people seek and lawrence vs. kansas where there was an ability that these are shared pursuits of something of considerable importance. is really, i think, just that transition. in imagination. so what the book does it begins by investigating disgust and what the politics of disgust is like, how it's worked in these different areas of social life. but then i turn systematically to the different areas of constitutional law. first of all, the history of sodomy laws, the vindication of the sodomy laws in bowyers, the final overthrow in lawrence. but then the clarity of where we are after lawrence which i think was very unclearly argued. then i turn to the whole area of antidiscrimination and to the colorado conflict in which i actually played a part as an expert witness in romer vs. evans and the issue was whether the state by referendum could pass a law that forbade citizens to seek local nondiscrimination protections for gay and lesbian citizens. and the landmark supreme court decision romer vs. evans did -- was the one t