![]() The Court denied their motion, and they then pleaded “no contest.” Represented by Lambda Legal, the two men challenged the charges, saying the law violated their right to equal protection (because the law singles out same sex couples) and their right to privacy (because they were adults being intimate at home). They were not released until the next day. The two men were taken to the county jail. Instead of excusing themselves and leaving, the deputies arrested Lawrence and Garner for violating the Texas Code, which makes oral and anal sex a crime, but only for same-sex couples. Responding to a false report of a weapons disturbance, county sheriff’s deputies entered the home of John Lawrence and found him in bed, sexually intimate, with Tyron Garner. ![]() The Lawrence case began on September 17, 1998.
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