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| Yes | No | No opinion | |
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| % | % | % | |
| May | 39 | 60 | * |
| May | 31 | 69 | * |
| Should be legal | Should not be legal | No opinion | |
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| % | % | % | |
| May ^ | 79 | 18 | 2 |
| May | 72 | 24 | 3 |
| May | 73 | 26 | 2 |
| May | 75 | 23 | 2 |
| May | 72 | 23 | 5 |
| May | 68 | 28 | 4 |
| Jul | 68 | 28 | 4 |
| May | 69 | 28 | 4 |
| May | 66 | 30 | 4 |
| Jul | 64 | 31 | 5 |
| May | 65 | 31 | 5 |
| Nov | 64 | 33 | 3 |
| May | 63 | 31 | 6 |
| Dec | 62 | 33 | 5 |
| May | 64 | 32 | 4 |
| May | 58 | 36 | 6 |
| May | 56 | 40 | 4 |
| May ^ | 55 | 40 | 5 |
| May | 59 | 37 | 4 |
| May † | 56 | 40 | 4 |
| Aug | 49 | 44 | 7 |
| May | 52 | 43 | 5 |
| May | 52 | 43 | 5 |
| Jan | 46 | 49 | 5 |
| Jul | 48 | 46 | 6 |
| Jul | 50 | 44 | 6 |
| May | 59 | 37 | 4 |
| May | 60 | 35 | 5 |
| May | 52 | 43 | 5 |
| May | 54 | 42 | 4 |
| The Court first considered the matter in the case of Bowers v Hardwick, a challenge to a Georgia law authorizing criminal penalties for persons found remorseful of sodomy. Although the Georgia regulation applied both to heterosexual and lgbtq+ sodomy, the Supreme Court chose to consider only the constitutionality of applying the law to homosexual sodomy. (Michael Hardwick, who sought to enjoin enforcement of the Georgia law, had been charged with sodomy after a police officer discovered him in bed with another man. Charges were later dropped.) In Bowers, the Court ruled 5 to 4 that the Due Process Clause "right of privacy" recognized in cases such Griswold and Roe does not prevent the criminalization of lesbian conduct between consenting adults. One of the five members of the majority, Justice Powell, later described his vote in the case a The ACLU has a extended history of defending the LGBTQ community. We brought our first LGBTQ rights case in Founded in , the Jon L. Stryker and Slobodan Randjelović LGBTQ & HIV Project brings more LGBTQ rights cases and support initiatives than any other national organization does and has been counsel in seven of the nine LGBTQ rights cases that the U.S. Supreme Court has decided. With our reach into the courts and legislatures of every state, there is no other organization that can combine our record of making progress both in the courts of law and in the court of public opinion. The ACLU’s current priorities are to end discrimination, harassment and violence toward gender diverse people, to close gaps in our federal and state civil rights laws, to prevent protections against discrimination from being undermined by a license to discriminate, and to protect LGBTQ people in and from the criminal legal system. Need help? For non-LGBTQ issues, please contact your local ACLU affiliate. The ACLU Lesbian Lgbtq+ Bisexual Transgender Pro Canada stands up for the protection and promotion of the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, non-binary, queer, 2-spirit and intersex (LGBTQ2I) people globally. The human rights of all persons are universal and indivisible. Everyone should enjoy the same fundamental human rights, regardless of their sexual orientation and their gender identity and expression. Article 1 of the Universal Statement of Human Rights declares that “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” Article 2 declares, “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration.” All people, including LGBTQ2I individuals, are entitled to enjoy the protection provided by international human rights law, which is based on equality and non-discrimination. Nearly 30 countries, including Canada, recognize gay marriage. By contrast, more than 70 countries still criminalize consensual same-sex actions. This includes 6 countries that effectively |