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Constitutional Law

Aug. 6, 2003

First-Class Citizens

Forum Column By Tamara Lange As everyone now knows, on June 26 the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Texas' sodomy law and redrew the legal landscape for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the United States. The landmark decision in Lawrence v. Texas finally put an end to the notion that gay people can be branded as criminals and treated as second-class citizens.

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