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I wish to be like Elizabeth, but unfortunately I am like darcy without the money.

My favorite conspiracy theory is that everything is going to be ok 

Hello! This is your regular discussion of why Lawrence v Texas has “Texas” in the name

Lawrence v Texas, for those who don’t know, was the Supreme Court ruling that made gay sex/sodomy/being gay legal. It was in 2003.

People generally assume that it has “Texas” in the name because Texas was, like, uniquely homophobic. This is the opposite of the case.

There were at the time FOURTEEN states with active anti-sodomy laws; Texas was one of the 14. So why was Texas the one that’s named in the ruling? It’s not because Texas was more aggressive about enforcing their law - it’s because Texan activists were well-organized, willing to sacrifice their futures, and successful.

Texan activists had tried to get a case up to the Supreme Court so that the law could be overturned for a long time.

They actually successfully overturned it once previously! A schoolteacher - the president of the Dallas Gay Alliance - deliberately got himself arrested and sacrificed his profession to try to get the law overturned, and succeeded. In NINETEEN EIGHTY-TWO. His actions were deliberately planned and managed by the DGA as well as the first state-wide LGBTQ organization, the Texas Human Rights Foundation. (If anyone happens to know that Dallas used to celebrate Pride not-in-June, this is why - it was honoring that overturn.) Unfortunately, that overturn was… re-turned.

However, Lambda Legal in alliance with a wide variety of other activist organizations were successful in 2003. The case Lawrence v Texas was based on occurred in 1998, and activists worked for the next 5 years to get it to the Supreme Court.

This involved very deliberate action at every step - even way back at the beginning, the original fine was too low to get the case to an appeals court, and they petitioned the judge to raise the fine so they could appeal.

“Texas” is in “Lawrence v Texas” not because the Texas government was unusually bad - but because Texan activists are the ones who succeeded.

being alive is literally so embarrassing like omggg no haha dont look at me sorryy sorry my organs are functioning and my brain cells are communicating through electrical impulses i know its weird aha. again SOO sorry omg this is probably so awkward. sorry

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Please let me give my opinion no matter the subject, I want to exist in a reality number-shaped

and you know what ill be crazy and say it IDC if closeted people make lighthearted gay jokes and also i know schlannie comfort character jschlatt isnt going to come talk to me about accountability and how to foster a non-toxic community And while im at it im so sorry that someone was hypercriticized for being homophobic to Dream GOOD LORD it must be so hard having thousands of eyes on them picking apart their every word but APPARENTLY if they were in Dream's shoes it would all be different so really whats the problem wheres the gracious apology? and i knaurrrr we all love to cry privileged rich dude on the internet but besides the obvious fact that ummmm You just described half of your Fav CC list, its srsly time you deconstructed this twisted notion that Dream is the second fucking coming of elon musk -- because really im sitting here wondering what lavish luxuries Dream is sitting in as he stews in his dark ass fucking room for a full two years terrified of leaving his home and only experiences the social interaction of his discord friends and every bitch on twitter who has some shit to say, and he cant even trust the people he has on discord to defend him either because here comes dsmp member #33 cranking out a cheap diss for clout -- not that he'd call them out for it. and maybe if u got off ur prideful high horse about being the paragon of virtue then youd be able to actually do something good in the world instead of telling some 22 year old to khs because all ur twitter friends have made him the perfect punching bag for u to take cheap shots off of while u project every issue uve had with another human being onto him (luckily those kind people who doxxed a teenage girl have provided something for you to talk about for 3 years) and you can cry and mald over the fact that Dream HAS done a lot of good for the gaming community and its probably more of a # leftist win ! then youll ever accomplish in your gawddamn life. but umm heres a consolation prize for reading more carrds i guess. and yes, people WERE asking him to come out and if u have selectively chosen to forget that then its a problem with your neurologist and not my fucking issue and ultimately if you are upset with Dream all u are doing is causing urself and others misery by continuing to scrutinize his every act so move on and be above the internet drama like you apparently would if you were Dream.

PLUS, RATIO.

tommy is a gremlin, he behaves like a sim, he’s a millionaire, he’s living in a horror movie set, he has plot armor, he has maxed out charisma stats and transcended the capacity for embarrassment, he gets zero bitches, he will talk to literally anyone, everyone he meets only has good things to say about him, he’s straight, he wears rainbow socks and drinks from a gay water bottle, a demonic doll shared bunk beds with him for two months, he loves making content, if he streams for over an hour an half he will die, he’s made a big impact on fellow ccs from how he makes content and on fans for just being himself, he loves to do legos and invites people over just to watch him do it, he got himself an internet brother except it’s not a joke anymore and they’re just real brothers, he does literally whatever he wants and it works out, he’s living his best life, we’re all just background characters in his main character arc

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