Prop 8

In the final installment of "From Sex to Marriage: How We Got From Lawrence v. Texas to the Cases Against DOMA and Prop 8," our Legal Director, Jon W. Davidson, explores how the Lawrence case got us where we are today, ready for the next landmark victory.

On the tenth anniversary of Lambda Legal's historic victory in Lawrence v. Texas, we invite some of the key players to discuss the case and its impact on the marriage cases currently before the Supreme Court.

In the last 48 hours, Lambda Legal and our colleagues at GLAD have filed two powerful friend-of-the-court briefs.

The Court has now decided to hear one of the challenges to the provision of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) barring federal recognition of same-sex couples’ marriages and also to hear the challenge to California’s Proposition 8. What does it mean?