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Flagrant Conduct: The Story Of Lawrence V. Texas (2012)

by Dale Carpenter(Favorite Author)
3.99 of 5 Votes: 2
ISBN
0393062082 (ISBN13: 9780393062083)
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English
publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
review 1: An in-depth analysis of the landmark case overturning Texas's sodomy law and laying the underpinnings of the 2013 decisions on same-sex marriage. However the author, who reveals in a footnote that he chaired the Log Cabin Republicans when the party's national convention was in Houston, is not disinterested and has an axe to grind with the Republican Party. His bias flies like a flag over an otherwise engaging piece of legal and social history.
review 2: An excellent account of a case that should never have come to court in the first place, but fortunately did, as it enabled the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Texas' prohibition against "sodomy" (a very loosely interpreted and defined collection of sexual acts) and make a huge advance in the equal and fair trea
... moretment of LGBT citizens. Reading about the legal negotiations that moved this case forward could have been drier than it was. In particular, the presentation of the case to the Supreme Court, whose members had strikingly different views on the case, was riveting. It is still astonishing to me that what two consenting adults choose to do in their bedroom should be of any interest to the state, but fortunately that changed, and set the stage for the decision for full marriage equality, coming soon! less
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Elisha
Revealing story of the odd case that ended years of legalized oppression of gay folks.
Yellopanda
I don't know why this book hasn't been adapted into an HBO movie or tv series.
jerry
I never thought I'd enjoy a book about a lawsuit. This proved me wrong!
TCM
Spends too much time discussing the motivations of the cops.
NatalieIslas
Good, albeit a little bit biased at times.
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