sexual intercourse has its ordinary meaning and occurs upon any penetration, however slight (a) oral sexual conduct means conduct between persons consisting of contact between the mouth and the penis, the mouth and the anus, or the mouth and the vulva or vagina Just as there are states with trigger laws in place to ban abortion once its federal protections were erased, there are still many states with laws banning sodomy, including oral sex and anal. Supreme court declared sodomy laws unconstitutional Historically, many states criminalized sodomy—acts of anal or oral sex—even when those acts were performed in private between two consenting adults While prosecutions for acts performed in private were generally rare, the existence of sodomy laws was used to justify discrimination based on a person's sexual orientation.
These laws focused on sex, and the overwhelming majority involved heterosexual sexual acts Sodomy laws, which prohibit oral and anal sex, have been used to discriminate against and prosecute lgbtq+ people While some countries and states have repealed these laws, others continue to enforce them, with severe punishments for those convicted For example, in georgia, aggravated sodomy carries a mandatory sentence of 25 years to life in prison and requires the defendant to register as a.
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