Last edited: November 24, 2007
Sodomy Laws in the United States
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that sodomy laws are unconstitutional on June 26, 2003.
The majority opinion is based on privacy rights and is written by Kennedy, joined by Breyer, Souter, Ginsburg, and Stephens. O'Connor concurred on equal protection grounds.
The Decision
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/02pdf/02-102.pdf
The sodomy law map below is prior to Lawrence v. Texas. All states are now white, ie the sodomy laws are unconstitutional and unenforceable. However, some states still attempt to enforce their laws. See Virginia, Oklahoma, and North Carolina. The U.S. Military enforces its sodomy regulation without regard to Lawrence.
14 States, Puerto Rico and the military had sodomy laws until the ruling in Lawrence v. Texas .
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| Alabama | Alaska | Arkansas | Arizona | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | District of Columbia | Florida | Georgia | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Massachusetts | Maryland | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | Nevada | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Puerto Rico | Rhode Island | South Dakota | South Carolina | Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming | American Samoa | Guam | Northern Mariana Islands | Virgin Islands | US Military |
What the wackos are saying.
Fun, First, and Unique Facts by George Painter
National News
- Craig to Make Constitutional Argument - by The Associated Press in 365Gay.com , October 26, 2007
Idaho Sen. Larry Craig will argue before an appeals court that Minnesota's disorderly conduct law is unconstitutional as it applies to his conviction in a bathroom sex sting, according to a new court filing.- Gay Tolerance in U.S. Reaching Record Marks - The Christian Post , May 29, 2007
Pro-gay rights attitudes have reached high points this year, according to a new poll, with more Americans expressing tolerance. 59 percent of Americans believe homosexual relations should be legal.- Alabama Sex-Toy Ban Goes to Supreme Court - The Advocate , May 15, 2007
An adult-store owner asks the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out Alabama's ban on selling sex toys as an unconstitutional intrusion into the bedroom.- Jerry Falwell Dies at 73 - The Advocate , May 15, 2007
The implacable anti-gay and religious right kingpin dies after being found unconscious in his study; a colleague cites his "history of heart challenges."- Many Teens Don't Know the Law About Sex - By The Associated Press in the New York Times , October 29, 2007
ATLANTA (AP) -- The tough Georgia law that sent Genarlow Wilson to prison for having oral sex with a fellow teenager has been watered down. But in Georgia -- and in many other states -- it's still a crime for teenagers to have sex, even if they're close in age.- Clinton, Obama Dodge GI Sodomy - GayCityNews , April 12, 2007
Only four of the 17 presidential hopefuls - Joe Biden, Chris Dodd, Dennis Kucinich, and Mike Gravel - are willing to stand up for the right of gay military personnel to privacy in their sexual behavior.- Gay, Lesbian Group Honors Controversial Jamestown Figure - The Virginian-Pilot , March 12, 2007
Records don't show whether Richard Cornish felt like a martyr almost 400 years ago as he stood on a Jamestown gallows with a rope around his neck. But he was adopted as one by the William and Mary Gay and Lesbian Alumni Association. GALA and a number of activists and historians recognize Cornish as the first man prosecuted and executed for homosexuality in the British North American colonies.- Gerald Ford Supported Gays and the End of Sodomy Laws - The Advocate , December 28, 2006
In a 2003 letter the late president Gerald Ford wrote to his friend and colleague Charles Francis that he supported the pro-gay side in the Texas case that ultimately led the U.S. Supreme Court to abolish sodomy laws nationwide. The letter was in response to a request by Francis, cochair of the gay-inclusive GOP group Republican Unity Coalition謡hich Ford advised預sking Ford to sign an op-ed piece calling for an end to sodomy laws.- Lawmakers Blast Emirates Over Jailing Gays - PlanetOut.com , March 17, 2006
- U.S. Arab Allies Attacked on Human Rights Record - 365Gay.com , March 8, 2006
- U.S. Legislators Press Rice on UN Vote Against Gays - Reuters , February 8, 2006
- Bush Admin Equates Gay Rights Groups with Pedophilia - 365Gay.com (Associated Press), February 4, 2005
- Frank Blasts Condi's UN Gay Position - 365Gay.com , February 2, 2005
- United Nations: US Aligned With Iran in Anti-Gay Vote - Reuters (Human Rights Watch), January 25, 2006
- U.S. Nixes Gay Inclusion At UN - 365Gay.com , January 24, 2006
- Jail Condoms Draw Fire in U.S., Namibia - Gay.com , January 9, 2006
- Fed Appeals Court Asylum Outrage - Gay City News, December 22, 2005
- Fear of Persecution Gets Gay Lebanese Man Asylum Hearing - The Advocate , March 9, 2005
- Gay Lebanese Man Gets Asylum Review - PlanetOut , March 8, 2005
- Gay Lebanese Man Wins Asylum Hearing - 365Gay.com , March 8, 2005
- Professional Boxers Unite to Seek Presidential Pardon for Jack Johnson - Joint Association of Boxers , March 2, 2005
- Justice Department to Appeal Obscenity Case Dismissal - Florida Baptist Witness , February 24, 2005
- Supreme Court Declines to Review Ban on Sale of Sex Toys - The Advocate , February 23, 2005
- Supreme Court Lets Sex Toy Ban Stay - 365Gay.com , February 22, 2005
- Activists Share New Perspectives - The Quad , February 21, 2005
- Bush Renominates Embattled Judges - PlanetOut , February 16, 2005
- Antigay Pryor Renominated for Judicial Bench - The Advocate , February 16, 2005
- William Pryor and Janice Rogers Brown Maintain Radical Records - National Stonewall Democrats , February 15, 2005
- Bush Renominates Homophobic Judge - 365Gay.com , February 15, 2005
- HRC Urges Senate Not to Confirm Anti-Fairness Judicial Nominee William Pryor - Human Right Campaign , February 14, 2005
- One Year Later: Pryor痴 Record on 11th Circuit - Law.com , February 11, 2005
- Reporter Quits Over Ties to Gay Sex Sites - PlanetOut , February 10, 2005
- Mystery Anti-Gay 遷ournalist? Goes Underground - 365Gay.com , February 10, 2005
- Online Reporter Quits After Liberals? Expose - Washington Post , February 10, 2005
- A Federal Judge Dismisses an Obscenity Prosecution on Privacy Grounds - FindLaw , January 31, 2005
- Memorabilia from Jack Johnson痴 Era Packs Quite a Punch - San Francisco Chronicle , January 31, 2005
- Jackson Seeks Posthumous Pardon for Boxer Johnson - Chicago Tribune , January 30, 2005
- Message Regarding NBC痴 典he West Wing? - Assembly of Turkish American Associations , January 28, 2005
- Visitors Drawn to Jack Johnson痴 Grave in Chicago - Chicago Tribune , January 25, 2005
- Pardoning Jack Johnson - Alternet.org , January 19, 2005
- Feds Made Johnson, and Interracial Sex America痴 Taboo - EURweb , January 18, 2005
- Jack Johnson Film Goes a Round Against Racism - Boston Herald, January 16, 2005
- The Great Jack Johnson - BoxingScene.com , January15, 2005
- Gay Nigerian Detained 11 Months Wins US Asylum - December 6, 2004
- The Culture Wars (Kinsey) - December 6, 2004
- Robertson: Gays And Lesbians Are 鉄elf-Absorbed Hedonists ... That Want to Impose Their Particular Sexuality on the Rest of America? - December 2, 2004
- Alfred Kinsey, and Judith Reisman's Dirty Little Mind - November 2004
- Kinsey Lives! - November 23, 2004
- Repeat Offender (Kinsey) - November 19-25, 2004
- The Kinsey Effect - November 15, 2004
- Esteemed Committee Spearheads Boxer Jack Johnson Presidential Pardon Effort; Praises Senate Resolution - October 7, 2004
- McCain Resolution Calling on President to Posthumously Pardon First African American Heavyweight Boxing Champion Passes Senate - October 7, 2004
- Judges Have too Much Power in Social Issues Scalia Says - September 29, 2004
- Scalia Describes 船angerous? Trend - The Harvard Crimson , September 29, 2004
- 善olitics Trumps Science? at Psychological Association, Critic Says - August 4, 2004
- Jack Johnson Pardon Brief - July 30, 2004
- Few Laws Help Gays in Cases of Domestic Violence - July 21, 2004
- Court Questions Bush痴 Appointment of Antigay Judge - July 21, 2004
- Appeals Court Questions Bush Anti-Gay Judicial Appointment - July 20, 2004
- Democrats Ready to Vote on Marriage - July 10, 2004 [President Bush reverses his long held position on sodomy laws while advocating a constitutional amendment to enshrine discrimination in the U.S. Constitution.]
- Sexual Freedom Activists Target 羨rchaic, Unjust? Sex Laws - June 1, 2004
- Old Anti-Gay Sex Laws Remain on the Books in Many States - May 31, 2004
- Suit Filed by Ex-Madonna Beau Rejected - May 29, 2004
- National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and Woodhull Freedom Foundation Announce Joint Effort Study of U.S. Sex Laws - May 28, 2004
- A Family Business: For the Rev. Lou Sheldon and His Daughter, Marriage Means Only One Thing - May 20, 2004
- Acceptance of Gays on Rise, Polls Show - March 30, 2004
- Reports of Anti-Gay Violence Increase - March 18, 2004
- HRC Strongly Condemns Recess Appointment of William Pryor to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit - February 20, 2004
- Bypasses Senate唯ush Places Anti-Gay on Bench - February 20, 2004
- Senate Begins Work on Anti-Gay Amendment - February 7, 2004
- Cornyn Blasts Gay Marriage Ruling, Plans Hearings - February 6, 2004
- History Book Records U.S. Government痴 Persecution of Gays - December 31, 2003
- Historian David K. Johnson: Exposes the U.S. Government痴 Anti-Gay Crusades - December 31, 2003
- Annals of Homosexuality: From Greek to Grim to Gay - December 13, 2003
- The Lavender Scare - November 1, 2003
- Scalia Falsely Portrayed as Scoffer, Group Says - October 27, 2003
- Conservative Supreme Court Justice Ridicules Sodomy Ruling - October 25, 2003
- DNC Chairman McAuliffe Statement on Justice Scalia痴 Speech at the ISI - October 24, 2003
- Justice Mocks Liberal Colleagues, Recent Decision on Sodomy Laws - October 24, 2003
- Scalia Skewers Fellow Supremes - October 24, 2003
- Scalia Ridicules Court痴 Sodomy Decision - October 24, 2003
- Scalia Derides High Court痴 Gay Sex Ruling - October 24, 2003
- Scalia Ridicules Court痴 Gay Sex Ruling - October 23, 2003
- Senate Confirms Mosman - September 27, 2003
- HRC Decries Advancement of Pryor Nomination to Senate Vote - July 25, 2003
- National Stonewall Democrats Decries Republican Advancement of Anti-Gay Nominee - July 23, 2003
- Santorum痴 GQ Comments Provoke More Controversy - The Advocate , July 23, 2003
- Court痴 Opinion on Gay Rights Reflects Trends - July 18, 2003
- Gay in the USA - July 15, 2003
- What Gay Studies Taught the Court - July 13, 2003
- Debate on Gay Unions Splits Along Generations - July 7, 2003
- Adversaries on Gay Rights Vow State-by-State Fight - July 6, 2003
- Same-Sex 閃arriage? Draws Wide Disapproval - July 5, 2003
- Pryor Faces Angry Democratic Committee - The Data Lounge , June 13, 2003
- Another Bush Judicial Nominee Under Fire - The Data Lounge , June 11, 2003
- Log Cabin Republicans Oppose Nomination of Alabama Attorney General William Pryor to U.S. Court of Appeals - Log Cabin Republicans , June 9, 2003
- Six out of 10 Americans Say Homosexual Relations Should Be Recognized as Legal - Gallup News Service , May 15, 2003
- Majority of Americans Believe Homosexuality Should Not Be Illegal, Support Partner Rights: Gallup Poll - 365Gay.com , May 15, 2003
- Dems Tout Stances on Gays - Raleigh News & Observer , May 12, 2003
- Shurtleff Stands Behind His Support of Antisodomy Law - Salt Lake Tribune , May 3, 2003
- Sexing the Spirit - Michael Bronski in the Boston Phoenix , May 2-8, 2003
- Pro-Gay Senator Backs Judicial Nominee - The Advocate , May 2, 2003
- Federal Judicial Candidate Says He痴 Not Antigay - The Advocate , April 29, 2003
- Mosman Meets with Gay Rights Supporters - The Oregonian , April 26, 2003
- Three Bush Judicial Nominees Attacked on Gay Record - Houston Voice , April 25, 2003
- Smith痴 Pick Stirs Gay-Rights Controversy - The Oregonian , April 21, 2003
- Bush Nominee Has Antigay History - Advocate , April 11, 2003
- A 全afe Sex? Guide in House Gym Causes Embarrassment - The Hill , April 2, 2003
- Disorder in the Courts - Frontiers Newsmagazine , March 14, 2003
- Returning Home Would Mean Death, Says Iranian Student - Gay People痴 Chronicle , February 28, 2003
- Students Getting More Gay-Friendly - January 31, 2003
- Lambda Legal to Host Town Halls in 13 States - January 11, 2003
- Not Just About Sex - December 16, 2002
- Rental Discrimination Still a Fact of Gay Life - December 12, 2002
- Supreme Court to Revisit Sodomy Laws - December 8, 2002
- Can the Supreme Court Change Its Mind? - December 5, 2002
- Perry Calls Sodomy Law 羨ppropriate? - December 4, 2002
- Black Robes Don稚 Make the Justice, but the Rest of His Closet Just Might - December 4, 2002
- Court to Hear Texas Case on Gay Rights - December 3, 2002
- Top Court to Address Sodomy - December 3, 2002
- Justices to Reconsider Ruling Against Sex Between Gays - December 3, 2002
- Court to Weigh Texas? Ban on Gay Sodomy - December 3, 2002
- Justices to Decide Same-Sex Sodomy - December 3, 2002
- Justices Take Gay-Rights Case - December 3, 2002
- Sodomy Case to be Heard by Top Court - December 3, 2002
- Supreme Court Nears Momentous Decision - December 2, 2002
- Supreme Court to Hear Sodomy Case - December 2, 2002
- Supreme Court Will Hear Sodomy Case - December 2, 2002
- Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Sodomy Case - December 2, 2002
- Supreme Court to Decide Texas Sodomy Law - December 2, 2002
- HRC Applauds Supreme Court痴 Decision to Hear Texas Sodomy Case - December 2, 2002
- Equality Virginia Applauds Supreme Court痴 Decision to Hear Texas Sodomy Case - December 2, 2002
- US Supreme Court Takes Up Gay Sex Challenge - November 30, 2002
- High Court Poised to Hear 2 Equal Protection Cases - November 29, 2002
- The Second Annual Sodomy Challenge is Underway - September 4, 2002
- High Court May Hear Sodomy Case - July 16, 2002
- U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Review Constitutionality of Texas "Homosexual Conduct" Law - July 16, 2002
- Group Hopes Texas Sodomy Case Heard - July 16, 2002
- Gay Sex Law Appealed to U.S. High Court - July 16, 2002
- Sodomy Wars Continue in the Court - April, 2002
- The Dark Legacy of Justice White - April 24, 2002
- Supreme Court Jurist Was a Star on and Off the Bench - April 16, 2002
- Former Supreme Court Justice Byron White Dies - April 15, 2002
- Former Justice White Dies at 84 - April 15, 2002
- Sex-Crime Panic: Could It Happen Today? - January 21, 2002
- NCSF Incident Response Statistics for a One Year Period - January 7, 2002
- Who痴 the Best, Legally Speaking? - November 9, 2001
- Human Rights Campaign Awards 104,000ドル in Equality Funds to State Organizations - October 31, 2001
- VOA Head: Homosexuality ‘Morally Disordered’ - October 12, 2001
- The Sodomy Challenge - October 9, 2001
- Court Refuses Discrimination Case - October 9, 2001
- Congressmen Condemn Egypt - August 7, 2001
- Gays Seeking Asylum Find Familiar Prejudices in U.S. - August 2, 2001
- Lesbian Journalists: Supreme Court, News Media Ignore Gays’ Rights - July 30, 2001
- Activists Hope to Reverse Anti-Gay Ruling - July 30, 2001
- Bowers v. Hardwick at 15 - July 12, 2001
- Gay Abuse in Uganda Gets U.S. Attention - July 10, 2001
- New Justices Will Strongly Affect Gay Americans - June 20, 2001
- Books: Homosexuality and the High Court - June 10, 2001
- American Attitudes Toward Homosexuality Continue to Become More Tolerant - Gallup News Service , June 4, 2001
- U.S. Supreme Court Evolution Stirs Hope - June 4, 2001
- More Sodomy Laws on the Way Out - May 31, 2001
- Gay-Rights Opponents Seek, and in Some Cases Find, Their Way into Proxies - May 15, 2001
- Pro-Gay Trend Endures - March 9, 2001
- Guidelines Questioned Security Clearance Query Raises Eyebrows - May 4, 2001
- Looking Inward, Freshmen Care Less About Politics and More About Money (excerpt) - January 26, 2001
- New Bills in NC, MS, TX, AZ - January 12, 2001
- Those Naughty Pilgrims - November 2000
- Parties Shift in Legislatures - November 17, 2000
- Gays Evoke Violent Reactions in US - October 15, 2000
- 2000 Presidential Candidates on Sodomy Laws - September 17, 2000
- Holocaust’s Gay Victims - July 14, 2000
- Long-Time Litigator in Lesbian, Gay Civil Rights Leaves Lambda Legal Defense - June 22, 2000
- Louisiana May Be Latest in ‘Overwhelming Trend’ of State Courts Finding Sodomy Laws Unconstitutional - April 10, 2000
- Statehouse Sweep: Pro-Gay Bills Lead in States Trend Continues from 1999 - March 24, 2000
- In the Biblical Sense - November 29, 1999
- 'Unnatural' Sex Still Gets Prosecuted - April 19, 1999
- Making Love Legal - March 1999
- Letter: Making the Law Review - February 25, 2000
- Scene of the crime; laws against gay sex can block everything we want - October 27, 1998
- Sodom and Gomorrah: Where it all began - October 27, 1998
- Lewis F. Powell Jr., Who Became the Quiet Centrist of the Supreme Court, Is Dead at 90 - August 26, 1998
- Ex-Supreme Court Justice Powell Dies - August 25, 1998
- Letter: Leftover laws hurt - April 19, 1998
- An ever-shifting landscape - February 13, 1998
- States Ease Registration Laws That Swept Up Gays - November 26, 1997
- Powell regrets backing sodomy law - October 26, 1990
- Homosexuals Get Short Shrift from the Supreme Court, But an Expert Says History Tells a Different Tale - July 21, 1986
- Knocking on the Bedroom Door - July 14, 1986
- Sick No More - December 16, 1973
- Doctors Support Sodomy Law Repeal - January 1970
Congressional Action
- Sodomy - Remarks by Rep. William E. Dannemeyer (R-CA) in the Congressional Record - March 1, 1990
- Helms Amendment No. 1251 - February 8, 1990
Lobbying
- Police Executive Research Forum Opposing Amendment No. 1251 - February 8, 1990
- American Jewish Congress Opposing Amendment No. 1251 - July 14, 1989
- American Civil Liberties Union Opposing Amendment No. 1251 - July 14, 1989
- The American Jewish Committee Opposing Amendment No. 1251 - July 14, 1989
- National Gay & Lesbian Task Force Opposing Amendment No. 1251 - July 14, 1989
- Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism Opposing Amendment No. 1251 - July 14, 1989
- National Gay Rights Advocates Opposing Amendment No. 1251 - February 8, 1990
- Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Opposing Amendment No. 1251 - July 18, 1989
- Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Opposing Amendment No. 1251 - July 13, 1989
- People For The American Way Action Fund Opposing Amendment No. 1251 - July 19, 1989
- Washington Bureau, National Association for The Advancement of Colored People Opposing Amendment No. 1251 - July 18, 1989
Other Testimony on Sodomy Laws
Editorials
- The Larry Craig Phenomenon Again - This Time in Indiana - Arthur S. Leonard in the Leonard Link, November 23, 2007
There has reportedly been a renewed spate of undercover police arrests of men cruising restrooms and parks since the Larry Craig story hit the news. This is, of course, an old story, a cat-and-mouse game played between law enforcement and men - many closeted, some relatively openly gay - going back many decades. And every now and then an appellate decision surfaces showing how the game may be played. The latest I致e seen is from the Indiana Court of Appeals, Isom v. State of Indiana, 2007 WL 3287515, an unofficially published decision available on Westlaw that is dated November 8, 2007.- Can I Get a Little Privacy? - Dan Savage in the New York Times , November 16, 2005
- The Constitution Does Not Permit Polygamy or Same-Sex Marriage - Michael J. Gaynor in MichNews.com , March 18, 2005 (Extreme Conservative)
- Tattoos and Taboos: Those Times Are Constantly A-Changin? - Chuck Avery in The Star Press , March 14, 2005
- What Adults Watch Is None of the Government痴 Business - Robyn Blumner in Salt Lake Tribune , March 2, 2005
- Sex and the Disgruntled Teen - Mark Morford in the SF Gate , February 25, 2005
- A Chance to Rewrite History - Alvin Williams in The Washington Times (Owned by the Unification Church), February 19, 2005
- Johnson Took Hits Outside Ring, Too - Eugene Kane in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , February 10, 2005
- The Supposed Sin of Defying Nature: Part One - Russell Blackford on BetterHumans.com, January 19, 2005
- Time for Johnson痴 Pardon - Jeff Parish in the The Galveston County Daily News , January 19, 2005
- 繕nforgivably? Black & All-American - Stanley Crouch in the New York Daily News , January 17, 2005
- Jack Johnson痴 Painful Tale - Dick Heller in the Washington Times , January 16, 2005
- 繕nforgivable? Not to Forgive Johnson - Tom HoffarthL.A. Daily News , January 16, 2005
- The Bible Tells Me So - Vicki Haddock in the San Francisco Chronicle , December 12, 2004
- The Plot Against Sex in America - Frank Rich in The New York Times , December 12, 2004
- America Loves Kinky Sex (Kinsey) - Mark Morford in the SF Gate , December 1, 2004
- Mr. President, Pardon Jack Johnson - Ken Burns in the Los Angeles Times , July 13, 2004
- Why Religious People Are Against Gay Marriage - Steven Waldman on Slate , November 19, 2003
- Four Letters from Bakersfield - July 15-18, 2003
- There痴 No Stopping Them Now - Mark Steyn in the Chicago Sun Times , July 13, 2003
- About Fairness and My Family - Linda Kaufman in The Washington Post, March 30, 2003
- We Are All Sodomites Now - Andrew Sullivan in The New Republic , March 26, 2003
- Mosman Should Answer Question - The Oregonian , March 17, 2003
- Getting Government Out of the Bedroom - Cathy Young in the Boston Globe, December 16, 2002
- Sodomy Laws in Violation of Human Rights - US Raelian Movement, December 9, 2002
- Anti-Sodomy Laws Should Be Killed - Deb Price in the Detroit News, December 9, 2002
- Equal Rights for Gays - New York Times, December 8, 2002
- Editorial: Peeping Into Bedrooms - Salt Lake Tribune, December 7, 2002
- Texas Law Makes Being Gay a Crime - Jan Jarboe Russell in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 6, 2002
- Consenting Adults: Equality at Issue in High Court Anti-Sodomy Case - Philadelphia Inquirer, December 6, 2002
- Rights Create State of Confusion - Amarillo Globe-News, December 5, 2002
- Time to Evict Police from Our Bedrooms - Chicago Tribune, December 5, 2002
- Editorial: Will Court Uphold Sexual Privacy? - Orange County Register, December 5, 2002
- Morality Police Knocking Down Doors - Steve Skutnik in the Iowa State Daily, December 4, 2002
- What Does This Law Accomplish? - Heber Taylor in the Galveston Daily News, December 3, 2002
- Sodomy Laws Revisited - Washington Post, December 3, 2002
- Court to Consider Sodomy Law - Focus on the Family, December 3, 2002
- Legislating from the Bench - Family Research Council, December 3, 2002
- Court Gets Chance to Ban Sodomy Laws - Deb Price in the Detroit News - July 29, 2002
- Death Penalty Ruling Has Ramifications - Deb Price in the Detroit News, July 1, 2002
- The Enron Scandal & The Left痴 "Social Engineering" Agenda - January 29, 2002
- The Power of Words In a Vile Assault - Ellis Henican in Newsday, May 21, 1999
- Blackmun Laid Cornerstone for Liberating Gay Americans - Deb Price, March 15, 1999
- Sodomy and Other Crimes Against Nature - Stephen H. Miller, December 17, 1998
- Infamous Sodomy Law Struck Down - Nat Hentoff in Village Voice, December 16 - 22, 1998
- Thwarting the Sex Police - Chicago Tribune, December 15, 1998
- In Many States, Sodomy Laws Make Gays Criminals - Debbie Woodell in Philadelphia Daily News , December 8, 1998
- Why We Need to Keep Sodomy Laws on the Books - December 6, 1998
- Why We Should Get Rid of Sodomy Laws - December 6, 1998
- Sodomy Laws Set Needed Standards - December 4, 1998
- The Last Gasp of Jim Crow - November 21, 1998
- States Ease Registration Laws That Swept Up Gays - November 26, 1997
- Courting Disaster; Can We Have Sex With Whomever We Want The Way We Want It? - Playboy, December, 1986
- Jurist’s Death Marks Legacy of Ignorance - Deb Price, September 10, 1998
- God Save This Vulnerable Court - National Review, August 15, 1986
- The Failure - Drum Magazine, September, 1965
10 States and Puerto Rico with sodomy laws which applied to heterosexuals and homosexuals (On the map in black)
4 states with sodomy laws which applied only to homosexuals (On the map in red)
States where sodomy laws have been repealed legislatively (On map in white)
Illinois (1962)
Connecticut (1971)
Colorado (1972)
Oregon (1972)
Delaware (1973)
Hawaii (1973)
Ohio (1974)
North Dakota (1975)
New Hampshire (1975)
New Mexico (1975)
California (1976)
Maine (1976)
Washington (1976)
West Virginia (1976) Indiana (1977)
South Dakota (1977)
Vermont (1977)
Wyoming (1977)
Nebraska (1978)
Iowa (1978)
New Jersey (1979)
Alaska (1980)
Wisconsin (1983)
Nevada (1993)
District of Columbia (1993)
Rhode Island (1998)
Arizona (2001)
Sodomy laws have also been repealed in American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Virgin Islands.
Judicial invalidationPennsylvania – Commonwealth v. Bonadio, 1980
New York – People v. Onofre, 1980
Kentucky – Commonwealth v. Wasson, 1992
Tennessee – Campbell v. Sundquist, 1996
Montana – Gryczan v. Montana, 1997
Georgia – Powell v. State, 1998
Maryland – Williams v. Glendening, 1998
Minnesota – Doe, et al. v. Ventura, et al. , 2001
Massachusetts – Doe v. Reilly, 2002
Arkansas – Picado v. Jegley, 2002
The penalties for violating sodomy laws in the USA until Lawrence:
Idaho, 5 years to life
Oklahoma, 20 years
Michigan, 15 years
Mississippi, 10 years
Puerto Rico, 8 - 20 years
Louisiana, 5 years/2000ドル
South Carolina, 5 years/500ドル
North Carolina, 3 years
Virginia, 1-5 years
Alabama, 1 year/2000ドル
Missouri, 1 year/1000ドル
Kansas, 6 months/1000ドル
Utah, 6 months/299ドル
Florida, 60 days/500ドル
Texas, 500ドル
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