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A Reply to Dennis Prager's Open Letter

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Scottish Dragon1/27/2010 4:02:02 pm PST

re: #125 Aceofwhat?

could you post a link to that (near) law practically making it illegal to be gay, dear dragon? i’m guessing it’s something i need to be aware of.

thanks-

Look up the SCOTUS decision. Lawrence V Texas threw out sodomy laws that were used exclusively to target GLBT people. Although the law did not specifically say that being gay was illegal and ostensibly could have been used against straight people as well, the real world effect was that being gay in Texas or any similar state could get you thrown in prison, and straight people were never charged with sodomy. As noted before, bar raids would target suspected gay people who were not engaged in sexual acts (just drinking and talking about fag stuff like Carmen, Swan Lake or an art exhibit!)

Also, there is a wealth of historical testimony in the direct testimony these past three weeks in the prop 8 trial(wrapping up testimony tommorrow) You can find the live transcripts at Firedoglake.