Answer:
Protected same-sex relationships.
Step-by-step explanation:
The court case Lawrence v. Texas overturned Texas law that punished same-sex relationships.
Texas Law
Prior to this court case, Texas has laws that criminalized consensual same-sex relationships, even in private. These laws are often referred to as "sodomy" laws. Two men Lawrence and Garner were arrested and charged with a misdemeanor under these laws.
Court Case
Lawrence appealed the charge and won. Then Texas appealed, and eventually, the case made it to United States Supreme Court. In a 6-3 decision, all Sodomy laws in Texas were deemed unconstitutional under the 14th amendment. This same ruling resulted in 13 other states removing all sodomy laws and made same-sex relationships legal in every US state.