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Taking the Fifth to Avoid Questions About Being Gay
This article originally appeared in the Dallas Observer under the headline "Sex and the law: Denton murder trial testimony raises issue of sodomy and the Fifth Amendment." The authors of the Texas sodomy law in 1941 undoubtedly had several things in mind regarding same-sex relations. Giving gays and lesbians privacy on the witness stand probably wasn't one of them, but a Lewisville man was afforded just that in a Denton courtroom last June 20 when asked about a past homosexual relationship. The ... (read more)
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