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To: AppyPappy
They specifically did not ignore age of consent.
"Houston police entered petitioner Lawrence’s apartment and saw him and another adult man, petitioner Garner, engaging in a private, consensual sexual act"
219 posted on 06/29/2003 5:07:52 AM PDT by djf
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To: djf
Their argument was the Right to Privacy superceded state law.
220 posted on 06/29/2003 5:08:50 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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To: djf
And then -- the next day -- they applied Lawrence to a case involving the sodomization of a 14-year-old boy.
221 posted on 06/29/2003 5:10:48 AM PDT by aristeides
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