Ken Cuccinelli Loses Petition To Uphold Anti-Sodomy Law

[PunkinPi]

<snip>WASHINGTON -- A court has denied Virginia Attorney General and 2013 gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli a full hearing to challenge a ruling that struck down the state's anti-sodomy statute as unconstitutional.

The court issued a short, two-sentence statement on Monday denying the petition, filed on March 26, for an en banc hearing. The court noted that no judge requested the full hearing in front of 15 judges, after a three-judge panel ruled the statute unconstitutional on March 12.

The decision is a blow for the attorney general, a steadfast social conservative who is running in an increasingly liberal state.

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The Virginia court ruled that the entire state statute was unconstitutional based on the U.S. Supreme Court's 2003 decision in Lawrence v. Texas striking down Texas' anti-sodomy law. The Virginia court said the statute could not be used to convict the defendant, but that the state Legislature could pass a new, constitutional law covering sodomy between minors and adults. </snip>

More here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/10/ken-cuccinelli-sodomy_n_3051758.html?ref=topbar

[Drale]

1. My theory about these Conservatives that try and make certain sex illegal

is that they are not getting any, and we know about their self personalities, so they want to make it illegal for anyone else to get any either. So Ken's wife won't let him hit the chocolate factory, so what does he do? He used his position to try and make sure no one else can either.

[rurallib]

2. So Ken, I think that means you have to bend over

and spread 'em.