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Everything you know about sodomy laws is probably wrong
A Yale law professor explains the surprising unknown history of the notoriously anti-gay laws.
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Why one Maryland senator fought to repeal his state’s anti-sodomy law
“We shouldn’t be making judgments on how people love each other.”
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Pope Francis says homosexuality is not a crime in “historic” statement
Pope Francis did still call it a sin, but said that no country should criminalize homosexuality.
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Caribbean court strikes down gay ban in Antigua & Barbuda
“This case will surely help spur further decriminalization across the Caribbean.”
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The never-repealed laws banning same-sex marriage & sodomy are now a ticking time bomb
Dozens of states still have constitutional bans on same-sex marriage and 15 still have sodomy laws waiting to be revived.
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Two Iranian men were executed for forced sodomy in trial called not “credible”
The Iranian government is extremely anti-LGBTQ and is routinely condemned by human rights groups for its frequent use of the death penalty.