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Lawrence v Texas (2003)

Tweet Laws prohibiting sex between consenting adults of the same gender are unconstitutional Decided: June 26, 2003 Issue(s): Gender/sex/orientation Increases: Equality, Privacy, 14th amendment, Planned Parenthood v Casey, Romer v Evans Decreases: Bowers v Hardwick Read the text of the case More details: The Court ruled, "The Texas statute making it a crime for two persons of the same sex to engage in certain intimate sexual conduct violates the Due Process Clause." Bowers v Hardwick was overturned by this decision. In the news: Government drops defense of anti-gay-marriage law (SF Chronicle, 2/23/2011) California Supreme Court OKs Same-Sex Marriage (SF Chronicle, 5/15/2008) US Military Sodomy Ban Upheld in Narrow Ruling (Reuters, 8/24/2004) The Issues Governor McGreevey's Resignation Raises: Stigma, Acceptance, and the Difference Between Legal and Social Change (findlaw.com, 8/19/2004) Other resources: Bowers v. Hardwick (reachandteach.com) Romer v. Evans (reachandteach.com) California Supreme Court decision In Re Marriage Cases (2008)

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  Bethel School District v Fraser (1986) Bowers v Hardwick (1986) Brandenburg v Ohio (1969) Brown v Board of Education of Topeka (1954) Buckley v Valeo (1976) California v Greenwood (1988) Civil Liberties Act of 1988 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Dennis v US (1951) Engel v Vitale (1962) Escobedo v Illinois (1964) Furman v Georgia (1972) Gideon v Wainwright (1963) Gitlow v New York (1925) Goss v Lopez (1975) Gregg v Georgia (1976) Griswold v Connecticut (1965) Hazelwood School District v Kuhlmeier (1988) Heart of Atlanta Motel v US (1964) Hurley v Irish-American Gay Group of Boston (1995) In re Gault (1967) Island Trees Board of Education v Pico (1982) Katz v US (1967) Korematsu v US (1944) Lawrence v Texas (2003) Lemon v Kurtzman (1971) Loving v Virginia (1967) Mapp v Ohio (1961) Marbury v Madison (1803) Miranda v Arizona (1966) NY Times Co v US (1971) Planned Parenthood of Southeast PA v Casey (1992) Plessy v Ferguson (1896) Regents of the University of California v Bakke (1978) Reno v ACLU (1997) Reynolds v Sims (1964) Richmond Newspapers Roe v Wade (1973) Romer v Evans (1996) Schenck v US (1919) Shaw v Reno (1993) Shelley v Kraemer (1948) Swann v Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Ed (1971) Texas v Johnson (1989) Tinker v Des Moines School District (1969) US v Nixon (1974) US v OBrien (1968) Voting Rights Act of 1965 Weber v Kaiser Aluminum (1979) Webster v Reproductive Health Services (1989) West Virginia Board of Education v Barnette (1943) Zelman v Simmon-Harris (2002)