:08:00
...he found him in bed with a man.
:08:03
The officer arrested Hardwick...
:08:05
...for violating Georgia's statute
which outlaws sodomy.
:08:08
Even though Georgia dropped the case...
:08:10
...Hardwick challenged
the constitutionality of the statute.
:08:14
Now, what was his claim?
:08:17
-That it violates the right of privacy.
-Why?
:08:21
He's got the right to do
as he pleases in his home.
:08:25
But what if he decided to sell drugs
at his home or engage in child abuse?
:08:31
Those actions don't fit
within the right of privacy.
:08:34
The court, beginning with Griswold...
:08:36
...has limited the right of privacy
to actions which are intimate...
:08:39
...which are deeply personal,
which allow us to control our lives...
:08:44
...to define who we are.
:08:45
But is that a constitutional claim?
There's no...
:08:48
...right to define oneself
written into the Constitution.
:08:51
It's not even in the Bill of Rights.
:08:53
If the State of Georgia can regulate
Hardwick's sexuality...
:08:56
...engaged in private with consenting
adults, Hardwick cannot be free.
:09:00
The Constitution ensures
limited government.
:09:02
If there's no right of privacy
and Georgia can enforce the statute...
:09:06
...we sacrifice the liberty the framers
thought they'd guaranteed us.
:09:10
The Supreme Court disagreed with you.
:09:12
They found that the statute
did not violate the right of privacy.
:09:15
Why?
:09:16
They're wrong.
:09:40
So all three of you girls
find him irresistible. Why?
:09:44
Sexual attraction.
:09:46
You mean he's just got it?
:09:49
Does he ever!
:09:50
What you're saying...
:09:52
...is that if you could clone
three of him, you'd all be happy.
:09:56
Okay, tell us, what is your secret?
:09:59
I'm not sure I can say on TV.