12 republicans joined all 60 democrats in the Texas house to vote to formally repeal the gay sex ban that was ruled unconstitutional in 2003

First time the Texas house has passed any repeal attempts. It still faces steep odds in the Texas senate

  • Baron Von J@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    Why wasn’t it enforceable?

    Because it was an actually an arrest under this law that led to the SCOTUS decision ruling these laws to be unconstitutional.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_v._Texas

    So removing it from the state’s legal code is a pre-emptive action in anticipation of Project 2025 in the wake of Thomas’ comments after Dobbs (he specifically called out Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell to be re-examined using the same arguments in order to overturn them all).