UPDATED: Cuccinelli Asks Court To Review Anti-Sodomy Ruling

[DonViejo]

Last edited Wed Apr 3, 2013, 03:18 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: TPM

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, the Republican nominee for governor this November, has filed a petition with the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals asking for a full review of a decision by a three-judge panel that threw out the state's sodomy law, the Washington Blade reported Wednesday.

The three-judge panel ruled 2-1 on March 12 that a section of Virginia’s “Crimes Against Nature” statute that outlaws sodomy between consenting adults, gay or straight, is unconstitutional based on a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2003 known as Lawrence v. Texas.

A clerk with the 4th Circuit appeals court said a representative of the Virginia Attorney General’s office filed the petition on Cuccinelli’s behalf on March 26. The petition requests what is known as an en banc hearing before the full 15 judges to reconsider the earlier ruling by the three-judge panel.

The case involves a man who solicited oral sex from a minor and Cuccinelli's office claims that the Supreme Court decision does not apply to cases involving minors. The majority opinion by the 4th Circuit panel stated that a new law outlawing sodomy between an adult and a minor would likely be constitutional.

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Update:

McAuliffe Spox Hits Cuccinelli Over Sodomy Case Petition

PEMA LEVY 1:58 PM EDT, WEDNESDAY APRIL 3, 2013

Terry McAuliffe's campaign on Wednesday called Republican opponent Ken Cuccinelli's petition over the state's sodomy law part of the attorney general's "divisive ideological agenda."

"This is just another example of Ken Cuccinelli ignoring the economy and instead focusing on his divisive ideological agenda," McAuliffe spokesman Josh Schwerin said in a statement to TPM.

Cuccinelli, who is up against McAuliffe in this year's Virginia gubernatorial race, asked the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to review a three-judge panel decision that struck down the state's anti-sodomy law as unconstitutional.

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[Blue Owl]

1. Is this the one they call the "Butthurt" Ruling?

[msongs]

2. religious objection should have no standing in civil law nt

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. Remember, Virginians:

Our taxes are due by May 1. Someone has to pay for this.

[iandhr]

4. "outlawing sodomy between an adult and a minor "

Isn't this already illegal under statutory rape laws just like with heterosexual people?


Or am I missing something here?

[Volaris]

6. Yes, it would be. and lets break down what they are actually doing, shall we?

Hate Crime laws are generally opposed by Republicans under the argument "making a thing MORE illegal than it already is is punishing the INTENT, rather than the ACTION of a particular crime. Therefore, these laws are un-necessary, and constitute an overreach of Government."

Well, what NOW fuckers? "cause 2 can PLAY this game, and we're BETTER at it than you GOP idiots will EVER BE. I hope the Judges involved throw this out while LAUGHING about it on Television.

Outlawing sodomy. The GOP version of Hate Crimes Legislation. God even their proposed LAWS have to try and promote False Equivalency

[BVictor1]

5. These people have an affinity with the anal.

More so than the gays it seems.