News
2006-09-13
Lawrence v. Texas plaintiff dies
Tyrone Garner,
one of the plaintiffs involved in the landmark Lawrence
v. Texas case, died Monday.
Garner and John
Tyrone Garner,
one of the plaintiffs involved in the landmark Lawrence
v. Texas case, died Monday.
Garner and John
Lawrence challenged homophobic sodomy laws after they
were arrested for having consensual sex in Lawrence's
Houston home. The case eventually reached the U.S.
Supreme Court, which ruled that Texas's "Homosexual
Conduct" law, which criminalized gay sex, was
unconstitutional.
"Because Tyrone
Garner and John Lawrence had the courage to challenge
homophobic sodomy laws, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized
that love, sexuality, and family play the same role in
gay people's lives as they do for everyone else," said
Kevin Cathcart, executive director of the legal
advocacy group Lambda Legal, which argued Garner and
Lawrence's case. "That's a colossal legacy and one for
which his community will forever be thankful." (The
Advocate)
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