Sodomy bill passes Senate, moves to House

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http://hamptonroads.com/2014/02/sodomy-bill-passes-senate-moves-house

Sodomy bill passes Senate, moves to House
By Julian Walker
The Virginian-Pilot
© February 8, 2014

By the time Sen. Tom Garrett’s bill to decriminalize oral and anal sex between consenting adults came up for a Virginia Senate vote Friday, the intent of his sodomy legislation was well known.

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Three weeks earlier, Garrett’s SB14 brought down widespread scorn upon the Louisa County Republican because of misunderstanding about the sex-themed bill.

The legislation is necessary, Garrett said, to fix a legal loophole created by a federal appellate court decision last year that rendered Virginia’s anti-sodomy law unconstitutional.

It is drawn to preserve prosecutors’ ability to criminally charge adults accused of having sexual contact with juveniles. It initially had been perceived in some circles as legislation to punish gay intercourse, a charge Garrett denied.

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1. The Bill:

http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?141+ful+SB14

My county, my rep. I hang my head in shame.