Is homosexuality illegal?

[the nature boy]

post the article assnuts.

LOL, actually it's in Rhea County. Sounds like a real swingin' town.


DAYTON, Tenn. - The county that was the site of the Scopes "Monkey Trial" over the teaching of evolution is asking lawmakers to amend state law so the county can charge homosexuals with crimes against nature.


The Rhea County commissioners approved the request 8-0 Tuesday.

Commissioner J.C. Fugate, who introduced the measure, also asked the county attorney to find a way to enact an ordinance banning homosexuals from living in the county.

"We need to keep them out of here," Fugate said.

The vote was denounced by Matt Nevels, president of the Chattanooga chapter of Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays.

"That is the most farfetched idea put forth by any kind of public official," Nevels said. "I'm outraged."

Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Texas' sodomy laws as a violation of adults' privacy.

Rhea County is one of the most conservative counties in Tennessee. It holds an annual festival commemorating the 1925 trial at which John T. Scopes was convicted of teaching evolution. The verdict was thrown out on a technicality. The trial became the subject of the play and movie "Inherit the Wind."

In 2002, a federal judge ruled unconstitutional the teaching of a Bible class in the public schools.

 

[PHATchik]

It's also illegal in some or all parts of Tennessee to have sex in positions other than the missionary position. Think about all the people committing crimes....

 

[jerkbox]

wonderful.

why do I feel like this country is taking huge steps backwards as of late?

it's unreal.

 

[TheProject]

amp pharm! Get out of Tennessee bro!

lol, nicely done...anyone else we can pick on with this?

 

[strongsmartsexy]

Sigh. It's Tennessee....we're special like that.

Yeah, you can't be homosexual, but you can marry your 13 year old cousin.

 

[strongsmartsexy]

Many juristictions still have Sodomy on the books as illegal..

Is that illegal for hetero's too or just the homosexuals?

 

[Code]

Most states have laws against sodomy.

So sorta-kinda it's illegal.

 

[WODIN]

Shouldn't they first back up and outlaw incest?

 

[Razorguns]

make up your minds. some marry them. some will charge you if you lick carpet or suck dick.

will the supreme court get off their asses and hear this case already? That's how gov't works. Just keep bouncing it around courts taht way no one has to officially "decide" on the issue.

 

[the nature boy]

Most states have laws against sodomy.

So sorta-kinda it's illegal.

again, the laws you are talking about were created in the 1800's and early 1900's.