Virginia's Bob Marshall's view is disputed
(NEWSER) - Actually, Virginia GOP legislator Bob Marshall, sodomy is a civil right. That's the word from a number of legal experts responding to Marshall's headline-grabbing snort that "sodomy is not a civil right"—made in an effort to block the appointment of a gay prosecutor to a judgeship. William Eskridge, Yale Law School professor and an author of a book on sodomy laws, points out that the US Supreme Court struck down a criminal sodomy law in Texas in its landmark 2003 case (yes, that's the same case that caused Rick Perry so much bother ), reports MSNBC . “The Supreme Court ruled that anal or oral sex, commonly known as sodomy, when performed in private by consenting adults, is constitutionally protected —which makes it a civil right,” Eskridge said. More»
