Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has declared himself ready, willing and able to recriminalize sodomy in his state if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns a nine-year-old decision that declared the Lone Star State’s prohibition of the act unconstitutional.
What Happened: According to a Houston Chronicle report, Paxton cited Justice Clarence Thomas’ separate concurring opinion from the overturn of Roe v. Wade as the potential stepping stone for revisiting and reversing other once-controversial cases, including the 1965 Griswold v. Connecticut case that legalized the purchase of contraceptives, the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges case that affirmed the legal right for same-sex marriages and the 2003 Lawrence vs. Texas that voided a 1973 Texas law that made sodomy a criminal act.
