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n2doc

(47,953 posts) Sat Jun 14, 2014, 10:37 AM Jun 2014

Gay sex ban struck down by Alabama appeals court

- An Alabama appeals court said today the state's ban on consensual oral and anal sex, aimed at criminalizing homosexual conduct, is unconstitutional.

The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals issued its unanimous ruling in Williams vs. Alabama, the appeal of a Dallas County man who was convicted of sexual misconduct, though the jury found the homosexual sexual encounter was consensual.

The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals said today a portion of Alabama's sexual misconduct statute is unconstitutional. It was referring to code section 13A-6-65, which reads in part, "consent is no defense to a prosecution."

The state appeals court noted the legislative commentary for the statute says the consent section "was changed by the legislature to make all homosexual conduct criminal, and consent is no defense."

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libodem

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Sat Jun 14, 2014, 10:57 AM

Jun 2014

What makes people so nosy that they care enough to try and legislate private behavior. It is good to know history.
Thank the Goddess the more dark days are behind all of us.

I keep a paperback copy of the Boys of Boise on my bookshelf. It starts in the 50's and chronicles a time when people were arrested, humiliated, and jailed. It has a lot of courtroom and legal talk but it profiles a time we can never forget. On to the future.

And send vibes to Africa where the current laws are persecuting perfectly natural, normal, human behavior.

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