Sodomy Laws Legality
This cluster focuses on discussions about historical and current laws criminalizing sodomy and consensual homosexual acts, particularly in US states and various countries worldwide, with references to unenforced statutes and international penalties.
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Well, some countries have laws against that kind of a thing.
Not execute. But there were laws against “sodomy” - ie consensual non heterosexual sex between adults in some southern states as late as the 80s and people went to jail.
In many jurisdiction around the world, people get stoned for having sex. Just because some jurisdictions allow something, doesn't stop it from being murder.
Yes. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodomy_laws_in_the_United_St...
You don't need to cast it as some outlandish scenario, since there are many countries where being gay (or, to use the example in the OP, watching porn) are illegal and violators are really subject to penalties.
Sort of, there are still laws against it in almost every state.https://apnews.com/article/803cf0e75e924afbbbe9c77f15517da5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodomy_laws_in_the_United_Stat...
I've heard that there are a number of US states in which some fairly common sex acts are officially illegal. The difference, of course, is that there is little chance of anyone being prosecuted for those offences in the US, while, if I've understood correctly, the Indian section 377 law was being used in practice.
Homosexuality was once a crime in the US. So was crossdressing. So was sodomy. At one time a woman could be jailed if it was found she cast a ballot illegally. Consuming cannibals use to be totally legal, then it wasn't and now it sorta is, but only on a State-by-state basis and only because Federal courts haven't made concrete rulings. In the UK and France, it's illegal to draw underage Simpsons characters in sexual activity, but in the US and Japan it's legal (or at least a
For many years gay sex was illegal in many states. Likewise many states had laws against inter-racial marriages.Enforcing those "laws" was totally immoral.