Cuccinelli looks to go on offense against McAuliffe over Virginia anti-sodomy law

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Cuccinelli looks to go on offense against McAuliffe over Virginia anti-sodomy law
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/cuccinelli-looks-to-go-on-offense-against-mcauliffe-over-virginia-sodomy-law/2013/07/16/da514daa-ee5e-11e2-a1f9-ea873b7e0424_story.html?tid=pm_local_pop

By Ben Pershing,

When Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II challenged a federal appeals court ruling that deemed the state’s anti-sodomy law unconstitutional, Democrats pounced, accusing the Republican of pursuing an anti-gay agenda. ... Now Cuccinelli’s campaign for governor is looking to turn the tables on opponent Terry McAuliffe, casting it as an issue of protecting children from predators and pushing the Democratic gubernatorial nominee to take a side.

Cuccinelli’s campaign is launching a Web site Wednesday that shows 90 Virginia sex offenders who have been prosecuted under the state’s anti-sodomy law since 2003, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that sodomy statutes criminalizing sexual activity between consenting adults were unconstitutional. Visitors can enter their Zip code and see “offenders who live or work near you, who may be removed from the Sex Offender Registry if Ken doesn’t win this appeal.”
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The debate stems from a March ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit that said Virginia’s “Crimes Against Nature” law, which bans oral and anal sex, was invalid in light of the 2003 Supreme Court decision. The ruling centered on a 2005 case in which a 47-year-old man was convicted of soliciting oral sex from a 17-year-old girl. ... Cuccinelli took the issue to the full 15-judge appellate court in April and in June asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the case, saying the Virginia law “is not — and cannot be — used against consenting adults acting in private.”
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In 2004, when Cuccinelli served in the state Senate, he voted against a measure that would have altered the sodomy law to no longer cover private consensual acts among adults. In 2009, he said he believed “homosexual acts are wrong and should not be accommodated in government policy.”

[JPZenger]

1. a law is supposed to narrowly be focused to deal with the problem

If the Legislature has a problem with a 30 year old "corrupting the morals" of a 17 year old, then write a law that says that. Many states have that type of law. Don't try to put back into effect an outdated law that makes all consensual anal and oral sex between consenting straight and gay couples into a felony.

By the way, one of the successes of the reform movement circa 1900 was to raise the age of legal consent for sex in some states from 12 to 16 years old.

[JPZenger]

2. Your Virginia Meme of the Month

[SoapBox]

3. ROFLMAO!

I'll probably take heat for this but...

guess that Mr. Crazyinelli has just never had a blow job that was to die for.

Just say'n!