How did Justice Clarence Thomas describe the Texas law in his Lawrence v. Texas dissent?

In his dissenting opinion for Lawrence v. Texas (2003), Justice Clarence Thomas described the Texas law criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual conduct as "uncommonly silly."1

While he stated that, had he been a member of the Texas legislature, he "would vote to repeal it," he argued that the law did not violate the U.S. Constitution. Thomas maintained that punishing individuals for such conduct was not a "worthy way to expend valuable law enforcement resources," but he concluded that there was no constitutional basis for the Supreme Court to strike down the state statute.1