Section 1 of the 14th amendment states that anyone born in the U.s is a U.S citizen has has all the right entitled with that citizenship.Such as equal protection and due process.
Based on this definition the amendment was violated. Paul M. Smith did a fine job of explaining why.
"..there's no legitimate and rational justification under the Equal Protection Clause for a law that regulates forms of sexual intimacy that are permitted in the State only for same-sex couples, thereby creating a kind of a second class citizenship to that group of people."
With this new "citizenship" many people don't view homosexual people as well... people. Under the amendment, they should be allowed an equal opportunity just like everyone else. It was unfair that because they were caught in a sexual act that they should be arrested. They law was created based on opinion and religious beliefs. In the 19th century men and woman were not allowed to even be in the same room alone together. Chances are that the people who wrote the law weren't even including same-sex couples. Yet the law lived on in the changing times leaving Texas to live in the past.
Based on this definition the amendment was violated. Paul M. Smith did a fine job of explaining why.
"..there's no legitimate and rational justification under the Equal Protection Clause for a law that regulates forms of sexual intimacy that are permitted in the State only for same-sex couples, thereby creating a kind of a second class citizenship to that group of people."
With this new "citizenship" many people don't view homosexual people as well... people. Under the amendment, they should be allowed an equal opportunity just like everyone else. It was unfair that because they were caught in a sexual act that they should be arrested. They law was created based on opinion and religious beliefs. In the 19th century men and woman were not allowed to even be in the same room alone together. Chances are that the people who wrote the law weren't even including same-sex couples. Yet the law lived on in the changing times leaving Texas to live in the past.