Talk:Sodomy laws in the United States
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Any details on how sodomy was defined according to these Laws prior to 2003? i.e: "Idaho (all sexes; felony punishable by imprisonment for 5 years to life)". So, to which of anal/oral/BDSM/other sexual practices... for married/unmarried couples was this applicable?
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[edit] "Gay Sex"?
There is a contradiction in the text -- in the beginning it says "gay sex" but then lists states where the laws apply to "all sexes". It seems therefore, that gay sex (which itself is not too clear -- was that male-male sex only, as in other countries, or also female-female sex?) was not the only target of those laws. -- John Smythe 02:59, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
- It says they were INTENDED to counter gay sex. In that intent, they defined the acts broadly enough to include heterosexual couples. Removing tag. Kuronue | Talk 21:14, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The only three anti-gay law(s):
Only Texas (Just $500 Max), Okahoma (10 Years Max) and Kansas (6 months Max) same-sex only left in the statutes (Not enforced).
Missouri (2006) and Purto Rico (2005) / (Oral sex only) repealed these anti-same-sex law(s) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 124.183.121.151 (talk) 07:32, 21 March 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Deleting garbled paragraph on Michigan law
I'm deleting this paragraph, which is hopelessly garbled:
Michigan In Michigan Organization for Human Rights v. Kelley 1990, a trial court ruled Michigan’s sodomy law unconstitutional under the state constitution. The ruling was not petition that ruling so it is consideration the choice is necessary on all state prosecutors. On the other hand, because the case subsists brought on behalf of select people and not all citizens and because the decision was not plea, present status of the law is in uncertainty [4] [5]. (all sexes; felony punishable by up to 15 years imprisonment - Repeat offenders get life); statute was struck down by Wayne County judge but status was unclear.
The links are both dead, too. I'm not an expert on the law in Michigan, but I'm adding a link to a newspaper story which definitively shows that the Michigan law was overturned by Lawrence v. Texas in 2003.Textorus (talk) 20:46, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Subject
It seems odd to me that there is no actual discussion of Sodomy laws in the United States here, only a celebration that they have been repealed. Is there someone out there with some knowldege of the purported subject of this article who can write something about it? CsikosLo (talk) 16:14, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
