[Mrs. Don-o]

BTW, certainly in the 18th century (including George Washinton's Continental Army), sodomy was a punishable and sometimes capital offense.

Oh! Just found it:

March 11, 1778 – Lieutenant Gotthold Frederick Enslin becomes the first documented service member to be dismissed from the U.S. military for homosexuality. Under an order from General George Washington which states “abhorrence and detestation of such infamous crimes,” Lt. Enslin is drummed out of the Continental Army after being found guilty of sodomy.

Much later, as Churchill remarked, the enduring traditions of the British Navy were "Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash".

[Big Red Badger]

Rum, Sodomy and the lash!