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Respondent would have us announce a fundamental right to engage in homosexual sodomy. This we are quite unwilling to do.
Byron White
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Byron White
Age: 84 †
Born: 1917
Born: June 8
Died: 2002
Died: April 15
American Football Player
Former Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
Judge
Lawyer
Military Officer
Politician
Fort Collins
Colorado
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