Virginia lawmakers repeal sodomy ban

[Newsjock]

Source: Washington Post

More than a decade after the Supreme Court declared such bans unconstitutional, Virginia lawmakers have taken a ban on oral and anal sex out of the state code.

The move is mostly symbolic for private consenting adults. But because of the way the code was written, the “crimes against nature” statute was still being used to prosecute other sex crimes. Former attorney general Ken Cuccinelli II attempted, unsuccessfully, to revive the law under such circumstances last year. The changes passed by the legislature Thursday will include sodomy in code used to prosecute rape, prostitution, sex acts involving children and other uncontested crimes, while limiting “crimes against nature” to bestiality and incest.

The bill passed the House unanimously Thursday after passing the Senate unanimously last month.


Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/virginia-lawmakers-repeal-sodomy-ban/2014/03/06/20e81b82-a55b-11e3-a5fa-55f0c77bf39c_story.html

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Woo hoo!

Now you can get/give a legal blow job in Virginia. Gonna try it, Ken?

[HockeyMom]

3. My husband and I got stuck in a snowstorm in Virginia

a few years ago. Passing the time. Nevermind. lol

[Nanjing to Seoul]

6. A cop didn't break in the door to try to catch you in the act like they did with

The Lovings in 1966?

[11 Bravo]

7. I've lived in VA for 40 years, the last 20+ years with my darling wife. We ...

have been criminals from day one.

[azurnoir]

2. well good on them and it 'only' took a decade

fancy that

[dhill926]

4. Virginia's for Blowjobs!

[BadGimp]

10. woo hoo

[marble falls]

5. <Snicker>!

[FSogol]

8. Damn you McAullife....wait, what?

Elections have consequences.

[Blue_Tires]

9. Pat Robertson's going to have a stroke over this...

[FSogol]

12. Usually takes more than one stroke.

[Ken Burch]

11. And millions of Virginians celebrated by...

...having a nice dinner with their friends...

(what...you thought they'd do something ELSE?)

[LiberalLovinLug]

13. What a collosal waste of time and taxpayers money

Like the Arizona bill. All these Red State legislatures spending time crafting and enacting bigoted unconstitutional laws only to be predictably overturned later. All the other problems they could be tackling with that time and money. Lord knows the Red States need help with all kinds of social ills.

[msanthrope]

14. Poor Mrs. Cuccinelli. nt