What did the Supreme Court rule in Bowers v.Hardwick (1986) ?

A) There is a constitutional right to privacy for consensual homosexual activity.
B) There is no constitutional right to privacy for consensual homosexual activity.
C) The Court extended civil rights protection to gays and lesbians as a class.
D) The Court legalized same-sex marriage.

Bowers V. Hardwick

A controversial 1986 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of a law criminalizing consensual homosexual acts, later overturned by Lawrence v. Texas in 2003.

Consensual Homosexual Activity

Sexual relations between same-sex partners that are agreed upon without coercion.

Constitutional Right

Rights afforded to individuals by the constitution that are protected from governmental interference.