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Title: Kansas Law on Sodomy Stays on Books Despite a Cull
Post by: spacial on January 23, 2012, 07:09:03 AM
Post by: spacial on January 23, 2012, 07:09:03 AM
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/21/us/sodomy-law-remains-official-in-kansas.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/21/us/sodomy-law-remains-official-in-kansas.html)
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.
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.