Ken Paxton Would Defend Texas Sodomy Law
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Texas' Attorney General Says He's Ready To Defend Ban On Sodomy If Supreme Court Revisits Ruling
Texas’ Attorney General Ken Paxton has made clear that if the United States Supreme Court were to overturn a ruling that enshrined the constitutionality of sodomy he would defend laws that enforce its prohibition.
Texas Attorney General says he’s ‘willing and able’ to defend law banning sodomy if Supreme Court reverses ruling
Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton says he is "willing and able" to defend his state's law banning sodomy, which was struck down in 2003 by the U.S. Supreme Court in Lawrence v. Texas, should the court revisit it as at least one conservative justice has urged.Responding to several questions about Lawrence v. Texas Tuesday on News Nation, Paxton said, "look my job is to defend state law and I'll continue to do that. That is my job under…
Ken Paxton Would Defend Texas Sodomy Law
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) suggested late last week that he may be ‘willing and able’ to defend his state’s ban on sodomy if the Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex intimacy were to be re-litigated, the Washington Post reports.
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