Push Made for Change in North Carolina Sodomy Law
The Advocate,
March 13, 2001
A measure has been introduced to amend North Carolina’s sodomy law to
decriminalize consensual oral and anal sex, the Greensboro News & Record
reports. The bill would keep the sodomy law in place but would criminalize
only acts done for hire, in public, or without consent. "Your home is
your castle, and you should be able to have private business within your
castle," said state senator Jeanne Lucas, a cosponsor of the Sexual
Privacy Act. "You’re not hurting anybody. You are doing what pleases
you." The state’s sodomy law applies to both heterosexuals and gays and
lesbians. "There is a basic right to privacy that this law
violates," said Jo Wyrick, executive director of Equality NC, a gay
lobbying group. "I think most people take the attitude that what other
people do in their own homes is their own business." Opponents of the
amendment effort say that the law should remain untouched. "It is an
attempt by promoters of the homosexual lifestyle to get a foothold in state
law for their behavior," said John Rustin of the North Carolina Family
Policy Council.
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