Re-orienting the sex discrimination argument for gay rights after Lawrence v. Texas.

"Heightened equal protection scrutiny is appropriate for laws like Section 2106 that use a sexual-orientation-based classification. It is also appropriate where, as here, the law engrosss a gender-based classification to discriminate against gay people" (1)

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