I feel safer driving in Boston because I feel I can trust the drivers there to be paying attention.

That's what I'm talking about!

Until some court says that they are unconstitutional, then many writers will only say that they are "apparently" unconstitutional.

Okay, that mostly clears things up. What would it take for another court to call them unconstitutional? Which courts count? Can one court dub them all unconstitutional?

It's my husband's contention that S&G were destroyed mainly for being inhospitable to strangers.

Which agrees with the meat of the article:

Homosexuality can not be called one of the sins of Sodom, Gomorrah or Gilbeah since it is not in any of the lists of their sins given in the O.T. Ezekiel 16:48-50 lists the specific sins of Sodom as pride, plenty, laziness, uncaring for needy, haughty and worshipping idols - which was an abomination - not homosexuality.

Boston drivers are mean. In Charlotte or Atlanta, if you're trapped in the wrong line, you can signal and people will make space to let you change lanes. In Boston? Use the turn signal and they speed up to make sure you don't.

I feel safer driving in Boston because I feel I can trust the drivers there to be paying attention.

I do hate LA drivers, by and large, but there's room left over for contempt. The panic induced by Boston drivers leaves no such room. I don't care that they're paying attention when not stopping at a stop sign (and not just rolling like CA, but full on driving), or going the wrong way down a one way street.

the specific sins of Sodom as pride, plenty, laziness, uncaring for needy, haughty and worshipping idols - which was an abomination

Sounds like what some accuse the US of being....

I went to Emerson and lived in Fensgate, sadly closed now.

I really wanted to go to Emerson. I loved it. It looked exactly like I imagined my dream college would look. Sadly they did not give me enough money.

I lived there 86-88.

Heh. I was in Myles my whole time at BU/college - 84-88.

Boston drivers are mean, that's true.

However, it is the tourists that go the wrong way up one way streets.

In my experience.

Sadly they did not give me enough money.

Funny that about BU - they gave me a ton too. My dad being retired and not wealthy really helped a lot. Now? Can't even concieve of going to college, let alone BU, which has taken the tuition hikes and ran with them.

Okay, that mostly clears things up. What would it take for another court to call them unconstitutional? Which courts count? Can one court dub them all unconstitutional?

The US Supreme Court can declare each and every one unconstitutional. (It's just that they won't declare a law unconstitutional usually unless there is a particular case in front of them involving that law. So, if a Texas law is the only one at issue in front of the court, it will declare that law unconstitutional. The Supremes leave it up to the other courts to understand its reasoning and apply it to all other other states' laws.) Lower federal courts will also usually address only the particular law in the particular case in front of them. But they can issue a decision about pretty much any state's law if it's before that court.

A decision of the US Supremes binds everyone. A decision of a federal appellate court binds the courts in that appellate district. (The 7th Circuit binds the federal courts in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana.) A decision from a federa trial court binds the parties in that case.

State courts (trial, appellate and state supreme courts) generally only will declare the law of their particular state unconstitutional. In other words, the Texas supreme court will declare a Texas law unconstitutional, but will usually abstain from deciding if the law of Nevada is unconstitutional. (There are some exceptions to this, but way too lawgeeky to get into here.) And a decision from the Texas supreme court on a matter of Nevada law will not bind a Nevada court, whereas a decision from the Texas supreme court on a matter of Texas law is binding.