Complex sentence: State sodomy laws were seldom enforced against private, consensual conduct in the decades following the decision, though many courts and state governments interpreted it to justify a wide variety of bans and limitations on the lives of gay people.
Split into simpler sentences: State sodomy laws were seldom enforced against private, consensual conduct in the decades following the decision. Though, many courts and state governments had interpreted it to justify a wide variety of bans and limitations on the lives of gay people.