Consensual gay sex was a felony in every state until Illinois repealed its sodomy law in 1961. Connecticut, Ohio, California, and other states soon followed. By 2002, thirty-six states either selectively enforced or had overturned their statutes. Lawrence v Texas (2003) marked the federal end of sodomy laws. Even though sodomy statutes are unconstitutional, a handful of states still think sex between same-sex partners is illegal. State Representative Mary Gonzalez of Texas is valiantly attempting to equalize the unfair treatment and criminalization of queer adolescents. Full Article
Homophobic “Romeo and Juliet” Laws Fail to Decriminalize Queer Youth in Texas. Can It Be Fixed?
- ·June 5, 2015
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Two thoughts: 1. Static 99 scores you higher if your victim is male (i.e., gay-hate). (“Homophobia” is a lame term that needs too be retired: it makes the perpetrator sound like the sad victim of ‘fear’, when in fact, it is not fear – it is cowardly hatred.) And thought 2. Teens having sex? Well, if the law says it’s illegal, then those teens are sexual offender – maybe not arrested, maybe not convicted, but *everyone panic and hide your children* they are nonetheless sexual offender.