1. But the new sexual morality reflects more than a mere cultural change in the private sphere; rather it reflects, and has helped to bring about, a change in the conception of the community. And Supreme Court rulings have played a central role both in expressing and ratifying this transformation. 99 As noted, as late as the 1950s, American law expressed traditional Christian or biblical understandings of what was permissible in sexual relations. Beginning in the 1960s, however, the law moved decisively in the opposite direction. The main points are probably familiar to most Americans;Thus,1965