Louisiana's Fighting An Anti-Bestiality Bill
Did you know that Louisiana still has a law against gay sex?
Despite the fact that the Supreme Court made laws against homosexuality illegal across the country back in 2003 after the Lawrence v. Texas case, the state of Louisiana still has anti-gay laws.
In the state, they have a “crime against nature” law that defines any sex between two men or a man and an animal is illegal. More specifically, the law says, “The unnatural carnal copulation by a human being with another of the same sex or opposite sex or with an animal.”
Yes, this means that not only does the U.S. state of Louisiana still categorize homosexuality as illegal (which is an illegal act itself as far as the federal system is concerned), but it also ropes gay sex in with bestiality.
Even worse, NewNowNext reports that gay men have been arrested for having sex in the state as recently as in 2015.
And, of course, now that Democrats in the state are trying to separate the definitions of bestiality and homosexuality in the Louisiana, Republicans are fighting it with all they’ve got.
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Louisiana Democrats have introduced a bill called SB 236. The bill has passed the state Senate, but is preparing for a tough fight in the state House where conservatives hold more political power.
Many conservatives worry that SB 236 will legalize homosexuality (which should already be legal).
“This bill was written because the far left wants to undermine our other laws that protect family and traditional values that the people of Louisiana hold dear,” Sen. Ryan Gatti told AP.
“That was our concern,” he added, “that it most likely will be used as a Trojan horse to delete the sodomy law.”
We’re crossing our fingers that the bill will pass and that this decade long injustice in the state of Louisiana is corrected soon. Beyond party lines and biases, its simply illegal that this sodomy law is still enforced. Louisiana needs to catch up with the rest of the country.
h/t: NewNowNext, AP
