Sodomy laws in the United States
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title:
Sodomy laws in the United States
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The United States has inherited sodomy laws which constitutionally outlawed a variety of sexual acts that are deemed to be illegal, illicit, unlawful, unnatural and/or immoral from the colonial-era based laws in the 17th century. While they often targeted sexual acts between persons of the same sex, many sodomy-related statutes employed definitions broad enough to outlaw certain sexual acts between persons of different sexes, in some cases even including acts between married persons. Through the
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Aspect of United States law
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodomy_laws_in_the_United_States
date created:
2003-11-20T06:08:51Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T10:58:10Z
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