In a packed Houston courtroom, the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund took aim at Texas' 119-year old anti-sodomy law, arguing the time has come to declare it unconstitutional. The "Homosexual Conduct Law" penalizes oral or anal sex between same-sex couples. If the state appellate court lets the law stand, Texas will remain one of only four states with an anti-sodomy law targeted exclusively at gays. Twelve other states have such laws, but they extend to same-sex and different-sex partners.
November 10, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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In a packed Houston courtroom Nov. 3, the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund took aim at Texas’ 119-year old anti-sodomy law, arguing the time has come to declare it unconstitutional.
Titled the “Homosexual Conduct Law,” Texas Penal Code �21.06 penalizes oral or anal sex between same-sex couples as a Class C misdemeanor, which carries up to a $500 fine but no jail term.
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