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Federal appeals court rejects Va. AG’s request to reconsider ban on sodomy law
RICHMOND — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has denied a request by the Virginia Attorney General’s office to appeal to a March decision that struck down state sodomy laws.
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Mont. House endorses measure to decriminalize gay sex
HELENA, Mont. — The Montana state House on Tuesday endorsed a bill that would repeal an obsolete state law criminalizing gay sex a day after voting to bypass the committee that tabled the measure.
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Mont. state House advances bill to repeal obsolete law that criminalizes gay sex
HELENA, Mont. — The Montana House is moving forward with a measure that would repeal an obsolete state law that criminalizes gay sex, despite a committee’s decision to table it.
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ACLU: Nevada’s ‘infamous crime against nature’ statute targets gay teens
LAS VEGAS — The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada wants a federal court to declare unconstitutional a state law that criminalizes consensual sex between same-sex teenagers as a “crime against nature.”
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Va. AG petitions federal appeals court to reinstate sodomy law
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has filed a petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, challenging a recent court ruling that struck down Virginia’s sodomy laws.
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Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals strikes down Va. sodomy laws
RICHMOND, Va. — A long-standing “Crimes against Nature” law, which criminalized anal and oral sex in Virgina, has been found unconstitutional by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
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Montana to consider bill to repeal outdated law that criminalizes gay sex
HELENA, Mont. — LGBT advocates said Monday they hope the Montana state legislature will finally repeal an obsolete state law that criminalized gay sex before it was struck down by the courts in the 1990s.
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia: A duplicitous, totalitarian bigot
Known for his frequent public condemnations of gay rights legislation and his defense of sodomy laws that target exclusively against gay couples, Justice Scalia isn’t exactly what you would call a tolerant, forward thinking kind of guy. He is widely known for keeping alive the tradition of disingenuously likening homosexuality to bestiality, incest, and murder, among other things…
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia: Ruling on ‘homosexual sodomy’ is easy
WASHINGTON — Noted conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told an audience at the Washington D.C.-based American Enterprise Institute that “it’s ‘easy’ to render a verdict” on same-sex marriage “when you apply the words in the Constitution as they were intended by its framers.”
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Gay cruise arrest in Dominica should be wake-up call for LGBT community
Despite incredible progress on the road to equality particularly in many western nations, despite bold proclamations in support of LGBT people by important world leaders such as U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, don’t forget that there are 76 countries around the world where it is illegal to be gay.