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Louisiana: Repeal ‘Crime Against Nature’ Laws

2 May 2014


According to Human Rights Watch, the Louisiana State House of Representatives voted to repeal a law, enacted in 1805, that punishes and undermines LGBT rights. The law has been supported by Christian groups and is unenforceable since the US Supreme Court struck down, in a landmark decision in 2003, laws against sodomy. Click here to read it.

Categoria: Around the world Tags: LGBTQ rights, religious extremism, US

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