When was the first Sodomy law passed in the United States?
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Under the common law, many crimes were not set out in statutes.  \nSex with animals, a crime against nature, was such a common law crime, and would pre-date Columbus.  \n\nMale homosexual sex was, probably, also a common law "crime against nature" but was specifically prohibited by a statute passed during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, also predating Columbus.  The English colonies in America were, of course, subject to this law.\n\nInterestingly, Female homosexual sex was not prohibited by the Elizabeth I law.  I have seen published accounts which state that when she read the proposed statute (which did include a prohibition of female homosexual acts) the queen stated something like "ladies do not do such things" and required that those provisions be taken out of the statute.\n\nIf you need more information than this, the best place would be a law school library which may have early books of statutes from the 1780s through 1800s.
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Canada may have passed that law when they had Liberal leadership. I have heard that a new law is already in the works by the Conservatives to change that law.\n\nBut back to the US\n\nWe cannot have an amendment to the Constitution legalizing the marriage of homosexuals. It goes against the Bible!!!\nEver heard of Saddam and Gomorrah???
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That's an easy question, when the majority of the population of the U.S.A supports it. That will probably be in a few years when the children in our schools and such graduate and take control of the country and voting because they seem more exposed to homosexuality than any other generation. And exposure often leads to acceptance.\nBut you know it is already legal in places like Massachusetts and in Holland.
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Not all of the state statutes are written the same way. Definitions differ as to what is and isn't sodomy. What is and isn't consent. What private means. Just to give some examples. It is likely that the state statutes will have to be challenged one by one and tested against the standard in Lawrence v. Texas. There is statutory law and case law and they are not treated the same by enforcement agencies.\n\nAlso, in many states the time and effort to get the law off the books, especially if there is likely to be controversy is just not worth it. It is easier simply to tell law enforcement not to enforce and prosecutors not to prosecute.
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In 1924, \nCongress enacted the first law \nlimiting immigration to the United States\n\nhttp://northonline.sccd.ctc.edu/env150ah/730am/Immigration_files/frame.htm#slide0009.htm
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"On 10 August 1846, the United States Congress passed the legislation (9 Stat. 102) founding the Smithsonian Institution as an establishment dedicated to the "increase and diffusion of knowledge," and President James K. Polk signed it into law the same day. "\n\nThere's a lot of good history on the Smithsonian's official website at http://siarchives.si.edu/history/main_generalhistory.html
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The Kansas–Nebraska Act was a United States Act of Congress passed on January 23, 1854, organizing a territorial government for the lands that later became the states of Kansas and Nebraska. Opponents saw it as the triumph of the Slave Power and formed the new Republican Party to defeat it. The Act was a key step on the way to the American Civil War.\n\nThe availability of tens of millions of acres of excellent farm land made it necessary to create a territorial infrastructure to allow settlement. Railroad interests were especially eager to start operations, for they needed farmers as customers. Four previous attempts to pass legislation had failed. The solution was a bill proposed, in January 1854, by Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois. He was the Democratic party leader in the Senate, the chairman of the Committee on Territories, an avid promoter of railroads, an aspirant to the presidency, and, above all, a fervent believer in popular sovereignty or grass roots democracy. His slogan was "Let the People Rule," which in this case meant the decision on having slavery would be made by the residents themselves. His bill caused a firestorm of protest because it was a rejection of the 1820 Missouri Compromise and might allow the expansion of slavery into Kansas, where it had been forbidden. Even before the bill passed, a new grass roots opposition party was being organized in every northern state, the Republican Party. Northern Democrats, Southerners, and President Franklin Pierce supported the bill. Douglas used brilliant parliamentary maneuvers to get the bill passed on May 30, 1854. It was signed into law by Pierce; he was a "doughface" or northerner whose political support came mostly from the South. In effect, there were now three political positions in American politics, represented by Northern Democrats (led by Douglas), the Northern Republicans, and the Southern Democrats. In 1860, they would each run a candidate for president.\n\nThe act divided the region into the Kansas Territory (south of the 40th parallel) and the Nebraska Territory (north of the 40th parallel). The most controversial provision was the stipulation that each territory would separately decide whether to allow slavery within its borders. This provision repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which had prohibited slavery in any new states to be created north of latitude 36°30' since Kansas and Nebraska would be north of that line and could now choose to allow slavery.
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Sodomy - Any of various forms of sexual intercourse held to be unnatural or abnormal, especially anal intercourse or bestiality.
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Thru-out history drug laws have been a means of oppression towards ppl of different religions and customs. The 1st drug law in the US. was in san franscio in 1875 on opium dens in china town, and the fear of white ppl that this will cause chinese immigrants to rape white women. All drug laws started out of racism, not any concern over health or human welfare.\nRead about the history of drug laws at wikipedia link below. \n Currently 23% of US. prison population are non violent drug offenders.\n\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/drug_laws...
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A "crime against nature", or "sodomy" is a felony in some states, although not often prosecuted. It can be any of the following:\n\nBestiality - the act of sexual intercourse between a human being and an animal.\n\nBuggery - anal intercourse between a man and either a man or a woman.\n\nPederasty - buggery committed between a man and a young boy.\n\nFellatio - the oral stimulation of the male sex organ.\n\nCunnilingus - the oral stimulation of the female sex organ.
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Karl Ulrichs is credited in that article as the first gay activist anywhere (he being located in Germany). The first documented US gay activist is Henry Gerber, who started the Society for Human Rights in 1925 Chicago to combat Illinois sodomy laws.
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It is termed as unnatural sex in most states. Also included in most listings as unnatural sex is oral sex.\n\nI know in Georgia is is illegal to have sex with anyone other than your spouse. However that law is pretty much forgotten. \n\nSodomy was made illegal mostly because when America was founded religion played  a larger part of our social and moral codes. Many states copied laws from older states when they were admitted to the union and most states have either not dropped their "Sodomy Laws" or not had them challanged.
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Oral sex, under the law, is considered sodomy.  However, "most states" no longer have or enforce sodomy laws.  For those states that do, it's irrelevant whether the couple is hetero or homosexual.
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Actually no law was passed.  It is in the constitution.      * First Amendment – Freedom of speech, press, religion, peaceable assembly, and to petition the government.\n    "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." \n\nSo the idea of seperation of church and state comes from the First Amendment.  There is nothing to prevent us from fighting in a religious war, even though the previous post was correct about the fighting in Israel. But we acually have no troops there, although we do send financial aid and weapons to Israel.
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Well dude the circumcision practise started in the US due to religious and moral beliefs of people in the 40s and beyond. They said that one of the main benefits of circumcision was that it prevented or to reduce the chance of masturbation in boys (because its a sin). Circumcision has increased in the US to where doctors automatically circumcise babies with out parental consent...and most doctors just do it because it was done to them and its a common thing to do to newborns. Its a practise that should not be continued due to the damage and pain it causes to the baby. Plus intact penises are more sensitive to stimulation, and not everyone gets the "cheese" i've seen a few girls ive been with, that had more "cheese" than I have ever had in my life!
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The first President of the United States of America was George Washington, President from 1789 to 1797
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Delaware was the first state