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[Clipping: Perspective on Section 21.06]

One clipping from Dallas Times Herald for September 9, 1985. "Perspective on Section 21.06" describes how Section 21.06, which made homosexual conduct in public or private a Class C misdemeanor, is useless to law enforcement due to the impracticality of enforcing a law in private settings and was written for political reasons.

Date: September 9, 1985

Creator: Calhoun, Ron

[Clipping: Anti-sodomy law should be dropped]

Photocopy of a clipping from San Antonio Light for September 1, 1985. "Homosexual law ruling is a threat to privacy" describes how Section 21.06 violates citizen's right to privacy with the help of a quote from Judge Irving Goldberg. This article also details how the law could potentially worsen the AIDS epidemic.

Date: August 28, 1986

[Clipping: An unenforceable law]

Photocopy of clipping from Dallas Times Herald for September 1, 1985. "An unenforceable law" describes how the public lewdness law already prohibits homosexual conduct in public and how the enforcement of Section 21.06 in private poses a threat to the constitutional right to privacy.

Date: September 1, 1985

[Clipping: A futile ruling]

Photocopy of clipping from San Angelo Standard for August 30, 1985. "A futile ruling" describes the impracticality and unconstitutionality of Section 21.06 attempting to regulate private sexual relations of consenting adults.

Date: August 30, 1985

Creator: San Angelo Standard editors

[Clipping: Homosexual law ruling is a threat to privacy]