has a state sodomy law. it is illegal to be gay. or at least to act gay in that particular way. the sheriff in east baton rouge said under louisiana state law anything other than heterosexual genital contact only intercourse was illegal. so a guy agreeing to fool around with another guy with a cute deputy would constitute a violation of the sodomy law. agreeing to have sex was being charged as a crime in east baton rouge. of course the problem there is that sodomy laws themselves are illegal. real famous supreme court case, devieded a decade ago. states cannot have sodomy laws. you can t make it illegal to be gay. that word apparently took a long time to reach east baton rouge. ultimately after some national attention to what was going on there last year with all the arrests, the charges did get dropped, against the people the sheriff arrested. he did agree reluctantly he
sheriff in east baton rouge, under louisiana law other than heterosexual genital contact intercourse was illegal so a guy agreeing to fool around with another guy, with a cute deputy, that would constitute a violation of the state s sodomy law. agreeing to have sex was being charged as a crime in east baton rouge. of course, the problem there is that sodomy laws themselves are illegal. really famous supreme court case laurence v. texas decided more than a decade ago. it s a really clear things. states can t have sodomy laws. you can t make it illegal to be gay. that word apparently took a long time to reach east baton rouge. ultimately after some word of what was going on, the charges did get dropped against the dozen or so people that the sheriff arrested. he did agree reluctantly that he would expunge their records. the amazing thing is that that state sodomy law is still on the
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stops thinking of him as the anti-abortion, anti-contraception social conservative activist. he is the guy who has been fighting all this time to try to save virginia s sodomy law. thus earning a whole new round of virginia headlines. this is just not good for him a month out from the election. ken used to love ted cruise. having ted cruise come to an event right before the election used to sound like a great idea,
stops thinking of him as the anti-abortion, anti-contraception social conservative activist. he is the guy who has been fighting all this time to try to save virginia s sodomy law. thus earning a whole new round of virginia headlines. this is just not good for him a month out from the election. ken used to love ted cruise. having ted cruise come to an event right before the election used to sound like a great idea, i m sure. think that would be so cool.