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  • State's Sodomy Law Puts Lesbian's Judgeship In Jeopardy

    01/22/2003 5:38:45 AM PST · by H8DEMS · 134 replies · 491+ views
    CNSNews.com ^ | January 22, 2003 | Michael L. Betsch
    (CNSNews.com) - A key Republican lawmaker in Virginia has threatened to block the re-appointment of a local judge because, in the lawmaker's judgment, the judge's personal behavior as a lesbian violates the state's sodomy law. Homosexuality advocates are protesting the lawmaker's lifestyle inquiry, which they claim has nothing to do with Newsport News Circuit Judge Verbena Askew's qualifications. Delegate Robert McDonnell (R-Virginia Beach) recently said Askew's homosexuality might prevent her from being sworn in for a second eight-year term. Virginia's "crimes against nature" law strictly prohibits anal and oral sex between consenting adults, regardless of gender. Speaking as chairman of...