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ung

Dec 1 2003, 03:02 PM

In DC, I rarely go to Virginia and only out to McLean or Arlington. DC gays are well acquainted with the "redneck virginia cops" across the Potomac.

anyway, here is another example of Virginia being way behind the times. They have tried and convicted someone of adultery. a SIN that most people didn't even know was or could be a crime.

wash post article.

fantomas

Dec 1 2003, 04:34 PM

Don't Virginia's courts have enough to deal with? It's just so bizarre; the state is going BACKWARDS. I mean, when the country was established, Virginia was the home of four of the first five presidents, all of whom were quite forward-looking in various ways (Washington believed strongly in democracy and freed his slaves; Jefferson was a revolutionist in spirit; Madison pushed for a separation between Church and state; and Monroe looked beyond our borders to hemispheric alliances, etc.). MASSACHUSETTS was the theocracy early on...now Virginia is backsliding. Oh well--I hope that guy, after paying his fine or talking his way out of jail, moves north to Maryland, which has moved increasingly in the progressive direction.

Jim Allen

Dec 1 2003, 04:45 PM

Favorite bit:

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There's another reason it's useful to have on the books a law that is seldom prosecuted, said those who follow philandering: It allows individuals in civil divorce cases to assert their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination when asked about their extramarital exploits. If adultery were not a crime, spouses involved in divorces would have no legal protection when presented with such questions as, \"What were your secretary's pantyhose doing in your glove compartment?\" or \"Why is the pool boy always smiling?\"

Hee.

Seriously though, there is good news in this:

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The Virginia State Crime Commission has spent the past three years studying the state's criminal code and next month will recommend repealing its sodomy statute and the fornication statute, which prohibits sexual intercourse between unmarried people

So Lawrence v. Texas claims its first sodomy law. What, 13 left is it?

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