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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 68 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Some of those states could technically have also just locked you up for getting a BJ or doing anal with the opposite sex because the verbiage used included basically any sex act other than penis in vagina.

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 40 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah in Texas were fully aware of the legal status of dick sucking and anal sex even for hetero couples when I was in high school. Frankly the ban probably encouraged some people to partake for extra naughtiness, but I was happy when the Supreme Court did away with those laws except for the rules against dildoes for whatever reason.

[–] nandeEbisu@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

They foresaw bad dragon and wanted to nip that freaky shit in the bud.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And most of those laws are still on the books. Just waiting. Waiting for a Supreme Court to unleash them. We are so close to a massive hundred years reversal in this country.

[–] Soluna@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Damn that is absolutely terrifying

[–] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

To this day it is technically still illegal to have anal sex in the Louisiana state capital

[–] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

well that's a law I probably won't ever break

[–] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean the capital as in the city not the building haha

[–] TheEEEdiot@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Pretty sure he was making a self-burn. LOL.

[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oof. What year was this law or whatever valid till?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

WTFFF LMAO I thought this was some weird shit in the 19th century or whatever lol. Imagine being the penis laws lawmaker. "Land of the free" my ass lmao.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's shocking how recent acceptance of LGBT folk is. Check the 20th century for countries' legalization of homosexuality, it's fucking terrifying.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

And it feels like we're on a razor's edge that could tip us back in that direction at a moment's notice.

[–] dojan@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

No it’s all really recent. For reference, my country, Sweden, commonly referred to as being super progressive and whatever overturned a law requiring trans people to undergo sterilisation if they wanted their gender legally recognised in 2013. Mere eleven years ago.

We were super horny for eugenics and the shit the Nazis did. Sure most of Europe was, but we aren’t the saints we like to portray ourselves as.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 months ago

Lawrence and Garner appealed their sentences to the Texas Courts of Appeals, which ruled in 2000 that the sodomy law was unconstitutional. Texas appealed to have the court rehear the case en banc, and in 2001 it overturned its prior judgment and upheld the law... Lawrence then appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which agreed to hear his case.

The Supreme Court struck down the sodomy law in Texas in a 6–3 decision, and by extension invalidated sodomy laws in 13 other states

Never overestimate how precious weak men are about sexuality and oppression. I can just hear all the knickers twisting on that full en banc panel of Texas judges.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Thank you. SCOTUS will absolutely cite this again during the next round of layoffs of long-held civil rights.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 months ago
[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

[laughs]

[cries]

[plays Russian roulette]