[Sans-Culotte]

Hmmm.....I seem to remember that the sodomy case was politically motivated. I think I read about it on a thread here at FR. The cops get there, and find the 2 guys going at it. They refused to stop buggering long enough to even acknowledge the law-enforcement officers who were responding to a call, so they were arrested (presumably after being either pried apart or having a hose turned on them?).

[HostileTerritory]

In that case, why didn't Texas try them for resisting arrest instead of for the crime of sodomy?

[urtax$@work]

I remember something like that too. I think the officers stated that they thought it was staged, and they were set up.
Walking into the residence, the caller stood out of the way to let the officers thru and witness the episode. It was something screwy like that. The whole thing was contrived to get a case before the courts.

The folks at lonestartimes.com should probably have the info on that. Houston based blog. They started as watchdogs of the Houston Chronicle.

I always thought the Chronicle just followed thru with mindless reporting without giving the inside information.

This is just another instance where the courts have been used to advance a specific cause thru illigitimate cases.
1.) 1930s ruling restricting the 2nd amend.
2.) Roe V Wade
3.) this one comes to mind..

[weegee]

I assume that they were arrested for not obeying the officers since the "crime" itself carried a fine but no jail time.

[little jeremiah]

AND - they had tried to get cops to come before and witness their sodomy just to get a case going. This was not their first attempt.

The article is a lie.