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- From: buckmr@vccsouth07.its.rpi.edu (Ron Buckmire)
- Subject: Re: Need up-to-date Info on Sodomy Laws
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 00:40:36 GMT
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- may@hpcesma.ce.hp.com (Elaine May) writes:
-
- >I got the info I need -- perhaps nifty.andrew was down last night or
- >HP's network was confused. At any rate, here's an up-to-date (I believe)
- >list. If anyone has any corrections, I'd appreciate it if you pass them
- >along to me.
- And me, too, so i can put that in the QRD.
-
- >My information here is from "The Rights of Gay People" published in 1983
- >(so it is a bit dated). Some of these laws may have been revoked by
- >legislation or judicial decisions. The ISBN is 0-553-23136-7. [I have
- >updated this list with information I got from the Internet. Updates
- >are in brackets].
- The "Rights of gay People" has beem updated and there is a 91 version. [If you
- are talking about the ACLU Handbook].
-
- >To summarize, there were 24 [21] states (and the District of Columbia) which
- >had laws on the books regulating sexual practices between consenting
- >adults. Of these 25 [22], 8 [6] prohibited certain acts between people who
- >were not married to one another or people who were not of opposite sexes.
- >In 20 [18] cases, oral sex is mentioned in the same statute as anal sex.
-
- Ok, I'll put this file in the /pub/QRD/qrd/info/LISTS/sodomy-states.update on
- 128.2.35.7 [nifty.andrew.cmu.edu].
-
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