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12 States Still Have Anti-Sodomy Laws

April 22, 2014 at 7:14 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“A dozen states still have anti-sodomy laws on the books 10 years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled they are unconstitutional,” the AP reports.

“Of 14 states that had anti-sodomy laws, only Montana and Virginia have repealed theirs since the Supreme Court ruling.”

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