The Fight for Gay MarriageOn September 17, 1998, the Houston Police Department responded to a reported weapons disturbance at the private residence of John G. Lawrence. Upon entry of the home, officers discovered Lawrence and another adult male, Tyron Garner, having consensual anal sex. The men were promptly arrested, held overnight in jail, and charged with infringing on Texas’s anti-sodomy statutes.The Fight for Gay Marriage
The plaintiffs pled not guilty to the charges, and after a long-fought battle, the Supreme Court dismissed the charges, declaring the anti-sodomy laws to be unconstitutional under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment (Supreme Court o
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