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Key Case: Lawrence v. Texas

  • Organization: Legal Momentum
  • Date Created: Tuesday, February 20, 2007
  • Submitted: Tuesday, February 20, 2007
  • Attachment(s): LINK

In June 2003, the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in Lawrence v. Texas, recognizing for the first time that private, consensual sexual relations between adults are a matter of core identity that cannot be disrupted or prohibited by government.