Effort to repeal Texas sodomy law advances with bipartisan support

Senator Ted Cruz among those backing repeal of law criminalising homosexual conduct was ruled unconstitutional in 2003

Texas lawmakers are edging closer to repealing the state's sodomy ban, two decades after the law was ruled unconstitutional.

A state house committee voted unanimously on Wednesday to pass a bill that would repeal the 1973 law criminalising homosexual conduct, which has been unenforceable since it was deemed unconstitutional by the US supreme court in 2003.