Rick Perry has never wavered on his opinion of Lawrence v. Texas, the landmark 2003 Supreme Court ruling that struck down Texas’s anti-sodomy statute and legalized sodomy across the country. But at a town hall in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Thursday, Rick Perry appeared to forget the content of the case he has railed against since 2002.When an audience member asked a question about the famous case, Rick Perry repeated the question including the name of the case, but then stumbled. “We have a federal government that is out of control from the standpoint of spending,” Perry began his response, “and I wish I could tell you I knew every Supreme Court case… I’m not a lawyer but here’s what I do know, I know they’re spending too much money in Washington, D.C.” From here, Perry launches in to a stump speech about spending.
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