In ______________the Supreme Court refused to extend constitutional protection to private relations between homosexuals.

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Bowers v. Hardwick was a landmark Supreme Court case in 1986 that centered around the constitutionality of sodomy laws. The case specifically dealt with whether or not laws prohibiting homosexual sodomy were in violation of the Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment. The Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that these laws did not violate the Constitution, and therefore were not unconstitutional. This decision remained in place until 2003 when it was overturned by the Supreme Court in Lawrence v. Texas.

In ______________The Supreme Court Refused to Extend Constitutional Protection to Private