June 27, 2003

The Federal Trade Commission opens the National Do Not Call Registry. This registry gives consumers an opportunity to limit the telemarketing calls they receive. On October 1, 2003, when the National Do Not Call Registry will be enforced, most telemarketers will be required to remove the numbers on the registry from their call lists. See http://donotcall.gov/ or call 1-888 382-1222 for registration. [1], [2]
The Boston Red Sox establish a new Major League Baseball record by scoring 10 runs before recording their first out of the game against the Florida Marlins in Boston. Marlins pitcher Kevin Olsen was injured by a line-drive hit and taken to a local hospital, where he was admitted in good condition. The Red Sox beat the Marlins, 25-8.
One day after its Lawrence v. Texas ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court remands the case of Matthew Limon to the Kansas Court of Appeals. Limon was sentenced to 17 years in prison for engaging in consensual oral sex with a 14-year-old boy when he was 18 years old. Kansas law treats homosexual acts differently from heterosexual ones; had he engaged in sex with a girl, he would have been sentenced to 13 to 15 months, possibly without serving any time at all. Lawrence v. Texas calls into question the constitutionality of laws that discriminate between homosexual and heterosexual acts. [3]