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Ponder this.

Homosexuality is not a crime in any US state. In 2003, the USSC ruled in Lawrence v. Texas that sodomy laws are unconstitutional, effectively decriminalizing same-sex sexual activity nationwide.

While some states still have anti-sodomy laws on their books, they cannot legally enforce them.

Key details regarding the legal status of homosexuality in the US:
<><>2003 Lawrence v. Texas invalidated all remaining state laws against same-sex sexual activity.
<><>Same-sex marriage is legal in all 50 states (affirmed by Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015).
<><>some states’ (Ala, Fla, La) lingering sodomy laws are legally void.
<><>anti-discrimination laws wrt housing and employment vary significantly from state to state.


16 posted on 05/06/2026 10:09:55 AM PDT by Liz (Jonathan Swift: Govrnment without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery .)
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To: Liz

SCOTUS ruled that the two Texas gay men engaged in sodomy were in a private home, so they couldn’t be prosecuted. If two gay men engage in sodomy in a public place then they can be prosecuted.


18 posted on 05/06/2026 10:20:18 AM PDT by Pol-92064 (tax)
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To: Liz

How the media helps the wrong on everything.

America’s legacy media is a cancer on our society, most especially CNN, MS NOW, NPR, PBS, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. Some of their customers don’t use and excuse violence against us because we are Nazis. They call us Nazis so they can excuse and use violence against us / Rasmussen polling .


25 posted on 05/06/2026 11:37:31 AM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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