All posts tagged "lawrence v texas"
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Massachusetts Senate Passes Bill for Anti-Sodomy Law Repeal
The Massachusetts Senate approved a bill to repeal an anti-sodomy law criminalizing same-sex intimacy and other outdated "morality" laws.
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Ted Cruz Says Texas Should Repeal Its Law Criminalizing Gay Sex
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) says his home state should repeal a now-defunct anti-sodomy law that criminalizes same-sex relations. “Consenting adults should be able to do...
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Pennsylvania Lawmakers Remove Homosexuality from Criminal Code
The Pennsylvania state legislature recently passed a measure that will finally remove “homosexuality” from the list of banned sexual acts in the state’s crime code....
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Petition to Impeach Clarence Thomas Gains 1 Million Signatures
An online petition calling for the removal of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has garnered more than 1 million signatures. The petition, titled “Impeach Justice...
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Texas AG Pledges to Defend Anti-Sodomy Laws
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton would be all too happy to defend defend the state's now-defunct anti-sodomy law in court.
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LGBTQ Groups Slam Supreme Court for Overturning Roe
Advocates blasted the Supreme Court's decision overturning the right to an abortion, and warned that LGBTQ rights could soon be at risk.
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More Than 7 in 10 Americans Support Gay Marriage, Gallup Says
Same-sex marriage has never been more popular in the United States than it is today, according to a recent poll. According to Gallup’s annual Value...
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What A Roe v. Wade Overturn Could Mean For LGBTQ Rights
With LGBTQ rights currently under attack, the potential repeal of reproductive rights is "a four-alarm fire for all Americans."
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South Carolina man challenges “sex offender” status for conviction under anti-sodomy law
A South Carolina man is challenging a law requiring him to register as a sex offender for having consensual sex with another man.
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Montana man will not be listed as sex offender for 1994 conviction for consensual gay sex
A federal judge ruled that a man convicted of having consensual gay sex in 1994 should not be required to register as a sex offender.
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Idaho man sues to stop state from enforcing anti-gay “crimes against nature” law
Plaintiff was forced to register as a sex offender for a 20-year-old conviction for consensual oral sex under a now-unconstitutional law
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Louisiana lawmakers could kill anti-bestiality bill in order to preserve anti-gay sodomy laws
Opponents of bill insist law should remain as is, because it's an expression of the state's "community morals"
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9th Circuit hears challenge to California laws criminalizing sex work
On Thursday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in a case challenging California laws that criminalize sex work, which, if overturned,...
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Trump’s Supreme Court short list reportedly down to three candidates
President says he'll make his final choice next Thursday
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Legal Leadership
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund's executive director, Kevin Cathcart, marvels at the changes in the law and the legal world since he began running...
