1986The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision in Bowers v. Hardwick that states could outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults. The majority opinion, written by justice Byron White, argued that the Constitution did not confer “a fundamental right to engage in homosexual sodomy.” Seventeen years later, the Supreme Court directly overruled its decision and held that anti-sodomy laws are unconstitutional.2000President Bill Clinton signed the Digital Signature Act to give the same legal validity to an …