 He subsequently voted for the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 on December 18, 2010.Paul has been a critic of the Supreme Court's "Lawrence v. Texas" decision, in which sodomy laws were ruled unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment.In an essay posted to the Lew Rockwell website, he derisively characterized sodomy laws as "ridiculous", but expressed his fear that federal courts were grossly violating their role of strictly interpreting the Constitution, and felt that they were setting a dangerous precedent of what he characterized as legislating from the bench, by declaring privacy in regards to sexual conduct a constitutional right.