Texas sodomy law

would seem to have little in common

with Sodium Carbonate, Ethyl

neighborhood zoning ordinances, but a U.S. Supreme Court ... Gay.com News is the most trusted and most widely read provider of online news for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) communities. Bowers was an ACLU

challenge to Georgia's "sodomy" law, which applied to all couples. In Bowers, the Court held that the right to privacy did not invalidate ... Archaic Sex LawsThe US government has a long history of interference with the intimate lives of its citizens, be it in the form of limiting access to ... A Hong Kong judge ruled Wednesday that laws against gay sex—including one that demands a life sentence for men under 21 who engage in sodomy—are

... And Reverend Margarita Sánchez de León vows to smash it. From The Gully. July 12, 2006 : Zimbabwe has expanded the scope of its sodomy laws. ... Before the changes to the law, sodomy, under Section 73, referred only to anal ... Thus early American sodomy laws were not directed at homosexuals as such but ... One pattern I observe is that sodomy laws premised on "nature" were the ... Justice Thomas filed a separate dissent to emphasize that though he believes the sodomy law is "uncommonly silly," he believes there

is no constitutional

... Now, by agreeing to hear the case of two Texas men prosecuted for violating that state's sodomy law, the Supreme Court will tackle the
—constitutionality

of ... effectively struck down sodomy laws in thirteen states. Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the ...
—sodomy laws

and to allow the 1986 Bowers v. Hardwick ... The sodomy law map below is prior to Lawrence v. Texas. All states are now white, ie the sodomy laws are unconstitutional and unenforceable. ... Limon’s case threw a national spotlight on Kansas’s conservative "sodomy" law. The law criminalizes any kind of sexual contact between children and adults, ... Give and Take: The Elimination of State Sodomy
—Laws and