Susan's Place Logo

News:

Please be sure to review The Site terms of service, and rules to live by

Main Menu

Kansas Law on Sodomy Stays on Books Despite a Cull

Started by spacial, January 23, 2012, 07:09:03 AM

Previous topic - Next topic

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

spacial

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/21/us/sodomy-law-remains-official-in-kansas.html

QuoteFor gay men and lesbians, there seemed one particularly obvious candidate: Kansas Statute 21-3505.

That would be the "criminal sodomy" statute, which prohibits same-sex couples from engaging in oral or anal sex. The law was rendered unenforceable nearly a decade ago by a United States Supreme Court ruling, but it remains enshrined in the state's legal code.

Ostensibly pointless law but speaking as someone who spent 15 years living is a state with similar laws, I can offer my sincere sympathies to the people of Kansas now.

The problem with unenforceable laws is they bring the entire legal system into disrepute.
  •