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The Long Life and Now Death of the Virginia Sodomy Statute

Even though the Supreme Court invalidated this country’s sodomy laws ten years ago in Lawrence v. Texas, the State of Virginia has continued to press forward with prosecuting a few people for consensual sex acts. That is until yesterday, when a panel of the Fourth Circuit held the Virginia statue is unconstitutional [...]

An Illogical Treatment Of Sex

Shon R. Hopwood2019-03-18T18:48:09-05:00January 3rd, 2011|Tags: 10-852, Allison Harnack, Ann Marie Hopwood, Jacob Huebert, Lawrence v. Texas, MacDonald v. Johnson, right to sexual privacy, sodomy|

Last week, CockleBur contributor Jacob Huebert filed a petition for writ of certiorari in MacDonald v. Johnson. [By way of full disclosure, the Petitioner’s wife contacted me several months ago about assisting her with the Supreme Court filing, and I in turn reached out to Jacob who, fortunately for the MacDonalds, took the case on a pro bono basis.] In the petition, we ask for the Court’s review in part because the Commonwealth of Virginia continues a practice of randomly enforcing its sodomy statue.