Texas AG Ken Paxton 'Willing and Able' to Defend Sodomy Law
overturned Roe v. Wade, said the justices should revisit Lawrence v. Texas, the ruling that invalidated state antisodomy laws across the nation; Obergefell v.
Hodges, which established nationwide marriage equality; and Griswold v. Connecticut, which struck down state restrictions on contraception.
It would take a case coming to the high court for this to happen, but Paxton, a far-right Republican, indicated he would get one started.“Would you, as attorney general, be comfortable defending a law that once again outlawed sodomy?
That questioned Lawrence again or Griswold or gay marriage that came from the state legislature to put to the test what Justice Thomas said?” Leland Vittert, an anchor on the NewsNation cable network, asked Paxton.“Yeah, I mean, there’s all kinds of issues here, but certainly, the Supreme Court has stepped into issues that I don’t think there was any constitutional provision dealing with,” Paxton replied. “They were legislative issues.
