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  • Thank J.R. Quinn for the gay celebrations- profile of the Lawrence-Garner arresting officer

    07/09/2003 9:17:10 PM PDT · by weegee · 6 replies · 266+ views
    Houston Press ^ | July 10, 2003 | Richard Connelly
    Back Door to History Thank J.R. Quinn for the gay celebrations Gay rights supporters hailed the U.S. Supreme Court's June 26 decision in Lawrence v. Texas as a watershed that will forever change gay and lesbian life in America. Many of the players in the drama have gotten their 15 minutes of fame, from the eagerly sound-biting lawyers to the publicity-shy defendants. But what about Harris County Sheriff's Deputy J.R. Quinn? He's the Frank Wills of this new day for gays ('70s trivia time: Wills was the security guard who discovered the Watergate break-in). In 1998 Quinn arrested John Lawrence...