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« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2006, 01:38:07 PM » |
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Bowers, then.
Sodomy was considered a heinous crime under common law. Blackstone described the offense itself as one of "deeper malignity" than rape, a heinous act "the very mention of which is a disgrace to human nature," and "a crime not fit to be named."
The English common law provided the basis for early state sodomy laws, and at the time of the Revolution, most states punished sodomy by death.
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