Analysis: Will Sodomy Laws Return?
July 6, 2022 Philadelphia Gay News The July 3, 2003 cover of Philadelphia Gay News, about the Supreme Court decision in Lawrence v. Texas. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton want to bring back anti-gay sodomy laws. In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s reversal of the 49-year-old reproductive healthcare statute, Roe v. Wade, other long-time Supreme Court decisions are being revisited by both the Court and the states. As Texas led wi