Tyron Garner, 39, Plaintiff in Pivotal Sodomy Case, Dies

[deadparrot]

Tyron Garner, one of two plaintiffs in the Supreme Court case in 2003 that overruled a Texas sodomy law in the broadest possible terms, effectively making homosexual relations a basic civil right, died Monday in Houston. He was 39.

The cause was complications of meningitis, said his brother Darrell.

Mr. Garner and John G. Lawrence, were arrested between 10:30 and 11 p.m. on Sept. 17, 1998, and charged with violating the Texas Homosexual Conduct Law by a sheriff's deputy who said he had witnessed them in the act.

http://www.civilrights.org/issues/enforcement/details.cfm?id=46959

[Straight Shooter]

1. That's truly sad.

Far too young, and very courageous.

I hope his partner finds peace in the knowledge that Mr. Garner made such a difference to many others.