Author Question: Why was the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Lawrence et al. v. Texas important to the gay and lesbian ... (Read 106 times)

hbsimmons88 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Why was the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Lawrence et al. v. Texas important to the gay and lesbian community?

A) It legalized same-sex marriages in the United States.
B) It overturned a Texas sodomy law.
C) It upheld oral sex laws in Texas.
D) It overturned same-sex marriage laws.

Question 2

Sodomy laws _________

A) criminalized anal but not oral sex.
B) technically applied to anyone who engaged in anal or oral sex, but were usually enforced only against LGB individuals.
C) began to appear in the United States only in the 1950s.
D) exist in some European countries but have never been on passed in the United States.