Texas

We are relieved that the Court has preserved its 2003 Grutter decision. As legal advocates for LGBT people and people with HIV of all races and ethnicities, we are deeply committed to the values of diversity and fairness.

In 10 years, how did we get from an America in which 13 states still had anti-sodomy laws that made criminals of lesbian and gay people just for having sex, to an America where 13 jurisdictions allow same-sex couples the freedom to marry? Answer: We relied on the Constitution.

In this installment of "From Sex to Marriage: How We Got From Lawrence v. Texas to the Cases Against DOMA and Prop 8," Roger Poindexter, Regional Director for Lambda Legal’s South Central Regional Office in Dallas, reflects on what it was like living in Texas before and after the historic decision.

In this installment of "From Sex to Marriage: How We Got From Lawrence v. Texas to the Cases Against DOMA and Prop 8," we talk with Mitchell Katine, an attorney in private practice who received the phone call that set the Lawrence case in motion.