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Last edited: April 16, 2007
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Utah
- Statute: 76-5-403, Sodomy. Unconstitutional under Lawrence
v. Texas.
- Penalty: 6 months/$299
- Classification: Misdemeanor
- Restrictions: None
76-5-403. Sodomy, Forcible sodomy
(1) A person commits sodomy when the actor engages in any sexual act with a person who
is 14 years of age or older involving the genitals of one person and mouth or anus of
another person, regardless of the sex of either participant.
(2) A person commits forcible sodomy when the actor commits sodomy upon another without
the other's consent.
(3) Sodomy is a class B misdemeanor. Forcible sodomy is a felony of the first degree.
Amended by Chapter 88, 1983 General Session
1997 Reform bill to decriminalize sodomy between spouses - failed.
History
1949 The
Utah Supreme Court is the first to discuss the Kinsey Report in a sodomy
decision.
1969 Utah
becomes the first state to lower the penalty for consensual sodomy in a bill
whose sole function was to lower the penalty for consensual sodomy.
- Trio Uses
Supreme Court Gay Ruling In Polygamy Case - The Associated Press in 365Gay.com,
September 26, 2006
A Utah couple and a woman who wants to become the second wife in their
family are asking a Denver-based federal appeals court to overturn Utah's
ban on polygamy, saying it violates their rights to religion, association
and privacy.
- The History of Gay Hate Crimes - Salt
Lake Metro, February 23, 2005
- Polygamy Ban Upheld - Focus
on the Family (extremist anti-gay organization), February 18, 2005
-
Judge Upholds Ban on Polygamous Marriage - The Associated Press (as
published in AZ Central.com),
February 17, 2005
- Judge Upholds Ban on Polygamous Marriage - The
Associated Press (as printed in the Washington
Post), February 17, 2005
- Judge Dismisses Challenge to Utah Ban on
Polygamy - Deseret
News (Mormon owned), February 17, 2005
- Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Case Against
Fornication Law - October 1, 2004
- Lawsuit Uses Repeal of Sodomy Laws to Support
Utah Polygamy - August 6, 2004
- Polygamist Seeks Protection Under Lawrence Ruling
- December 3, 2003
- Utah Polygamist Invokes Ruling on Gay Sex -
December 2, 2003
- Polygamist’s Appeal Based on Supreme Court Gay
Ruling - December 2, 2003
- Utah’s
Bigamy Ban Challenged - October 20, 2003
- Challenge to Utah’s Anti-Sodomy Law Tossed
- October 7, 2003
- Bigamist
Appeals Conviction Using Sodomy Ruling Defense - August 19, 2003
- Lesbian Couple Challenging Gay Adoption Ban in
Utah - July 7, 2003
- Lesbian Couple Uses Supreme Court Ruling to
Fight Adoption Ban - July 7, 2003
- Implications of the Supreme
Court’s Ruling on Sodomy - June 29, 2003
- Supreme Court Decision Nullifies
Utah’s Sodomy Law - KSL-TV,
June 26, 2003
- Shurtleff Stands Behind His
Support of Antisodomy Law - Salt
Lake Tribune, May 3, 2003
- Utah Sect Leader Criticizes
Santorum - Associated Press, April 24, 2003
- Hatch: ‘I’m Not Here to
Justify Polygamy’ - The Salt
Lake Tribune, April 19, 2003
- Gay Schoolteacher Cheers Court Ruling - Deseret
News (Mormon owned), April 5, 2003
- High Court Awards Round to Teacher - The
Salt Lake Tribune, April 5, 2003
- Utah Court Rules in Favor of Lesbian Teacher
- Associated Press, April 5, 2003
- Utah’s Top Court Sides with Lesbian Teacher
- The Advocate, April
5, 2003
- Court Rejects Gay Morals Case - 365Gay.com,
April 4, 2003
- Lesbian Teacher Wins Utah Court Ruling - Washington
Post, April 3, 2004
- Owner Says ‘Lifestyle’ Cost Club Its License
- January 1, 2003
- Utah Supreme Court to Hear Case Against Lesbian
Teacher - March 14, 2002
- Utah Man Fights Sodomy Charge - July 10, 2001
- Brigham Young University Suspends Gay Students
- March 30, 2001
- Adoption Law Faces Legal Tests - March 17, 2000
- Group Bashes WSU ‘Gay Service’ Scholarship - March
11, 2000
- Will DCFS Become Bedroom Peeper? - March 4, 2000
- Gay Issues Come To The Forefront In Heavily Mormon State -
December 18, 1998
- Judge Rules for Lesbian Teacher - November 25, 1998
- Gay Political Hopeful Faces Fire - October 4, 1998
- Ruzicka Chastises Lesbian Candidate for ‘Illegal
Lifestyle’ - September 16, 1998
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