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David A.J. Richards: The Sodomy Cases

David A.J. Richards: The Sodomy Cases

Bowers v. Hardwick and Lawrence v. Texas. USA 2009, 214 pp., brochure, € 20.59
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The US Supreme Court's decision in Bowers v. Hartwick (1986) stemmed from a 1982 gay-sex arrest in an Atlanta home under a Georgia law that criminalized »sodomy« - a case not originally prosecuted, but then pursued in court to challenge the statute's constitutionality. Lawrence v. Texas (2003) followed a similar arrest in 1998 in Houston, where Texas law also criminalized »sodomy« - but only when practiced by members of the same sex. At first, the Supreme Court ruled that there was no constitutional protection for »sodomy« and that states could outlaw those practices. But, in 2003, the Court overturned the Texas law because it denied due process protection to consenting adults whose sexual practices were conducted in private. The majority opinion reaffirmed a constitutionally protected right to privacy that prevented the government from regulating intimate behavior.
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