[weegee]

Little has been reported on the men behind the case.

The article neglects to mention that the caller was murdered in 2000.

Houston Police Online (October 17, 2000)

[speedy]

Ah, murder and assault. No wonder the Liberals love these guys so much. They thought they were Kennedys.

[Theodore R.]

Actually, I have seen several reports about these two TX men, and I have seen pictures of them on TV. They do not appear to be keeping a "low profile" to me but are basking in their legal victory.

[deport]

Tyron Garner (left) and John Geddes Lawrence, at a news
conference Thursday, were arrested under the law in 1998.

Article

[leprechaun9]

Department of Public Safety records show only two convictions for assault, in 1995 and 2000

Under Sundried O'Connor's compelling public interest in diversity, how many assault cinvictions is each person allowed?

[aristeides]

In 2000, the former roommate of Garner who called deputies to the apartment - and was later convicted of filing a false police report - went to court to obtain a protective order against Garner, accusing him of several beatings and a sexual assault.

Garner "punched me on my left eye two times" in January 2000, said Robert Royce Eubanks in an affidavit. Garner also beat Eubanks with a hose in 1999 while "using crack and drinking" and beat him with a belt in 1998, the affidavit said.

And Eubanks was fatally assaulted on Oct. 10, 2000. I wonder who could have done it. Think Garner has an alibi?

[Under the Radar]

ping for later

[aristeides]

A temporary protective order was granted, but the case apparently was dropped after Eubanks' lawyer withdrew, saying she could not locate him for a scheduled trial.

Obviously this happened at some point in 2000. I wonder when it happened, relative to Eubanks's murder.

[Senator Goldwater]

"Men whose sodomy case led to Supreme Court ruling keep low profile"

They're keeping their heads down?

[dennisw]

Where's the barf alert?

[dennisw]

Once known as the love that dare not speak it's name .........

Now known as the love that won't shut the F up.

[jtw99]

Gee...how creepy are these guys....doesn't do much for the effort to 'main-stream' homosexuals.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Ruth Harlow, lead lawyer for Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, the New York-based gay rights organization that supported the case, said Garner and Lawrence "are reluctant standard-bearers for the principles that are at stake here

bwahahahahahahaha if you believe this

[PatrioticAmerican]

Butt f***ers.

[Brian Allen]

.... a Harris County sheriff's deputy ... entered the apartment at the Colorado Club on Sept. 17, 1998, and found the men engaged in SODOMY.

[pseudo-ignatius]

Garner "punched me on my left eye two times" in January 2000, said Robert Royce Eubanks in an affidavit. Garner also beat Eubanks with a hose in 1999 while "using crack and drinking" and beat him with a belt in 1998, the affidavit said.

In May 1998, Garner "stabbed me on my right ring finger with a box cutter" and "grabbed a hot iron and burned me" and "then sexually assaulted me," Eubanks charged.

And the article says that these two men (Lawrence and Garner) don't appear "as a couple." But isn't Justice Kennedy right in saying "When sexuality finds overt expression in intimate conduct with another person, the conduct can be but one element in a personal bond that is more enduring. The liberty protected by the Constitution allows homosexual persons the right to make this choice."

Well, it certainly *seems* that sodomy was an such an occasion of conduct for these two men... /sarcasm off