Texas AG Ken Paxton says he's "willing and able" bring back state ban on gay sex

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Source: Salon



"They won't stop till they roll back all of our civil rights," Paxton's Democratic challenger said
By Alex Henderson
Published June 30, 2022 2:30PM (EDT)


Civil libertarians have been warning that if Roe v. Wade was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, other civil liberties would be in danger as well. And sure enough, when the High Court announced, on Friday, June 24, that it was overturning Roe, Justice Clarence Thomas recommended that the Court "reconsider" some landmark right-to-privacy decisions on contraception and gay rights.

One of the cases that Thomas specially mentioned was Lawrence v. Texas, a 2003 ruling that struck down a sodomy law in the Lone Star State and, by extension, similar laws in other states. Now, far-right Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is indicating that he is open to the possibility of criminalizing gay sex in Texas once again if Lawrence is ever overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Sydney, Australia's 9News reports that when Paxton, during an interview, was asked if he would be willing to take a challenge to Lawrence v. Texas to the U.S. Supreme Court, he indicated that he would. And Paxton also indicated that he would enforce Texas' old sodomy law if Lawrence were overturned.......................


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When the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its 6-3 Lawrence ruling in 2003, Thomas was among the three dissenters; the other two were the late Justice Antonin Scalia and then-Chief Justice William Rehnquist. The majority opinion in Lawrence was written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, a right-wing libertarian and Ronald Reagan appointee who was a strong supporter of right-to-privacy decisions — and Kennedy, in Lawrence, used the right-to-privacy framework that had been a part of not only Roe, but also, other U.S. Supreme Court decisions such as 1965's Griswold v. Connecticut (which established access to contraception as a constitutionally protected right for married couples), 1969's Stanley v. Georgia and 1972's Eisenstadt v. Baird (which expanded Griswold to unmarried couples)....................................

Read more: https://www.salon.com/2022/06/30/texas-ag-ken-paxton-says-hes-willing-and-able-bring-back-state-ban-on-gay_partner/

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When are the Texas folks going to say ENOUGH!!!





Texas AG Ken Paxton says he’s “willing and able” bring back state ban on gay sex

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