Nebraska

Last edited: January 03, 2005

Nebraska

Statute: Repealed 1978

History

The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers

            1913     Nebraska outlaws oral sex and the law to do so is the 69th to pass the legislature of the year, so that the anti-oral sex law is known officially as Act 69.

            1926     The Nebraska Supreme Court overturns a sodomy conviction based on a deathbed confession that the “victim” got syphilis from the defendant, the only known such case in U.S. history.

            1948     The Nebraska Supreme Court rules that, in effect, some victims of sodomitical assaults “deserve” the assault.

            1977     Nebraska repeals its sodomy law in a comprehensive criminal code revision that is enacted by overriding the Governor’s veto. This is the only sodomy repeal ever passed over a gubernatorial veto.

News

Housing Protection Called a Civil Right - Lincoln Journal Star, March 7, 2003

AIDS Project Director Gets Ticket at Park - March 23, 2002

High Court to Decide If a Boy Can Have 2 Moms - August 3, 2001

Editorials

Four Letters from the Omaha World Herald - Omaha World Herald, July 10, 2003

Letter: Ruling Is Appalling - July 9, 2003

More Rights for Gays—Times Are A-Changing - Leon Satterfield in the Lincoln Journal Star, July 7, 2003

Moral Slide Continues - Gene Dougherty in the Omaha World-Herald, July 4, 2003

Letter: Grave Sin - June 2, 2002

Letter: Arrest Hurts Agency - April 4, 2002

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