Last edited: March 28, 2004

Wisconsin

• Statute: Repealed 1983

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History

• The Sensibilities of Our Forefathers

            1959     Wisconsin enacts the nation’s only law forbidding those convicted of sodomy from obtaining a driver’s license.

            1966     Wisconsin Young Democrats become the first political organization in the United States to endorse repeal of sodomy laws. The state’s Republican Governor refers to them as “homocrats.”

            1983     Wisconsin repeals its sodomy law, but, in order to get enough votes to get it through the legislature, must include a disclaimer that the state does not encourage sex outside of marriage, the only such law in the nation.

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News

• Gay Rights Case Stirring Local Interest - March 27, 2003

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Editorials

• Letter: Amend Constitution to Protect States’ Rights - Mark Gabriel, Calumet County Supervisor, District 6, Appleton in the The Post-Crescent, July 12, 2003
• Letter: State Lags Nation in Protecting Gay Rights - Aaron Hulse in the The Post-Crescent, July 12, 2003

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