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It should be noted that New Mexico still recognizes common-law offenses and sodomy is a common-law offense. So sodomy was still technically illegal there after repeal until Lawrence, even though no one was ever prosecuted for it during that time.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.226.26.33 ( talk) 00:16, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
I have always wondered, how exactly does one "enforce" this law, without putting a camera in every home...etc. Or is this just supposed to be for after the act has occured?
As I write this in July 2006, the U.S. State of Georgia Code is full of laws referring to the illegality of sodomy. Do a search here for sodomy. It's also illegal in Georgia to have sex of any kind without a marriage license. So apparently the laws are staying on the books to scare people. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/gl_codes_detail.pl?code=1-1-1
Needs description of sodomy laws in the US military.
The King James Version omits the word only, which weakens the "contradicted by Ezekiel" argument:
I think the paragraph should be re-ordered: give the "traditional" intepretation first, since it explains the connection between Sodom and sodomy. Next, explain the view that Ezekiel contradicts that interpretation. -- Ed Poor
Should the section on sodomy laws in the seperate US states be removed, or at least given a new introduction, given LvT? -- Dante Alighieri 10:55 10 Jul 2003 (UTC)
I've got a problem in translating this article into Chinese, i am not sure what does , like, "5 years/$2000" mean? does that mean "5 yrs in prison, and $2000 fine"? -- Gboy 16:56, 31 Jul 2003 (UTC)
OK, I think my latest edits have fixed the possible copyright problem. -- Cjmnyc 05:36, 2 Aug 2003 (UTC)
I wouldn't put an NPOV warning on the whole thing, but implicitly describing homosexuality as a sexual pracitice (i.e., "homosexuality or other sexual practices") may be controversial -- particularly since that entry doesn't. -- Calieber 16:31, 25 Sep 2003 (UTC)
I made the sections of various countries' laws into subsections; it reflects a higher standard of article quality and organization. Also, I decapitalised "Sodomy" in a few places. Makaristos 02:53, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I removed the following paragraph (list?) of homosexual politians, as it is a little far reaching to be placed under this articles title, maybe a List of sodomists in the legal and political profession (Tongue in cheeck there).
Then, is there a reason why Singapore and Sweden are after United Kingdom and Unated States in what seems to be a list in otherwise alphabetical order? (Peter Sjöberg 22:47, 25 July 2006 (UTC))
Does the UAE still punish homosexuality by death? Or does it differ by the emirates? WhisperToMe 02:31, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
I'm a bit confused what this means. Specifically, what does the no clear statute mean? If there are no sodomy laws, then I would assume there should be no clear statute.
Also, the issue of one partner below the age of consent. Are there any laws which differentiate based on sexual act? I.e. do the laws provide for harsher penalties if anal sex is involved? Is the age of consent different depending on sexual act? And finally, although this is much harder to establish, is there any clear evidence that it is treated worse by the police and/or the courts if anal sex is involved? If the answer to all 3 is no, then it's irrelevant.
Nil Einne 15:16, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
Regarding the insertion of the clause "laws primarily intended to outlaw homosexual acts" in the sentence "Sodomy laws in the United States were largely a matter of state rather than federal jurisdiction." : (1) The clause doesn't read well as inserted, which is why it caught my eye. (2) It's inaccurate & oversimplified here -- it is not true that the laws were "primarily intended to outlaw homosexual acts"; they were primarily intended to outlaw "sodomy" which was defined to include a lot of things, including homosexual acts, but different legislators had different "intents". The whole point about the US is that there is no one single intent; it was state-by-state, and this clause is a gross oversimplification. (3) The clause is redundant here, because the top of the article explains the nuances regarding sodomy laws, including related terms and how sodomy and related terms are used to mean different things at various times and places. Since the top captures the nuance better and at greater length, it's a mistake to include in the US section a redundant version of a shortened and deceptively simple clause. -- LQ 18:38, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
Interested editors please see Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 December 16#Category:People imprisoned or executed for homosexuality. — coelacan talk — 22:49, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
There should be a map showing the laws by country. Zazaban 23:29, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
--There is:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/World_homosexuality_laws.png
- Diskill
While testing all the interwikis from the page Homosexuality laws of the world, and clicking back to English, some other languages seem to be about what is written here in Sodomy laws. So there is a mess up in the interwiki first of all.
Secondly, the article is simmular to Homosexuality laws of the world. The information in the section of f.ex. Iceland can be merged into Gay rights in Iceland.
If noone opposes my remark, Ill begin to fillup the "Gay rights in ..." articles with the information provided here. The definition of "sodomy law" will be listed as a section in Homosexuality laws of the world. 亮HH 16:28, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Why is this article part of LGBT studies? Sodomy laws effect heterosexuals just as much as homosexuals, heterosexual couples have anal and oral sex too, this shouldn't be solely associated with homosexuals and bisexuals, it seems discriminate. 207.144.80.131 19:13, 31 March 2007 (UTC)Kobol
The OP is right, it seems "Mel" is the confused one. This article is poorly written and even more poorly linked. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.22.68.156 ( talk) 04:33, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
The article states: Following the Wolfenden report, sexual acts between two adult males, with no other people present, were made legal in England and Wales in 1967, in Scotland in 1980 and Northern Ireland in 1982.
Is it the case that anal sex between a man and a woman, married or unmarried, is still theoretically illegal? The new laws made it anal sex legal between adult males specifically, yeah? If so, should this not be included in the article? -- Mal 02:31, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
Buggery between a man and a woman was illegal until 2001. 31.52.255.117 ( talk) 19:14, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
(and committed) :)
There appears to be a lot of overlay between Homosexuality laws of the world and sodomy laws. Sethie has no sense of how to connect the two or maybe merge the two and it seems like there is some possibility here. Sethie 06:39, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
I've just sent all of those direct links down into the notes list. If anyone objects to this, please contact me. Samantha Pignez 22:37, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
I've cut the following sentence from the United States section:
"By the last quarter of the 20th century, 47 out of 50 states had repealed any specifically anti-homosexual-conduct laws, and 37 had repealed all sodomy laws."
As written, the article does not explain what "anti-homosexual-conduct laws" are; and the wikilink around those words simply takes the reader to the Homophobia article, which does not mention such laws. If someone wants to explain what those laws are, as distinct from sodomy laws, and verify with a citation to a reputable source, be my guest. Textorus ( talk) 20:20, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
The opening section says "Contemporary supporters of sodomy laws argue that there are additional reasons for retaining them.", but there are no references for these reasons and no descriptions of them within the article. 80.235.57.239 ( talk) 01:43, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
Poland actually penalised homosexuality until 1932, so the article is wrong about that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.31.70.185 ( talk) 16:58, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
I agree. Actually the bills against homosexuality existed in Poland before loosing its independence in 18th century. You can check it in ,,Historia państwa i prawa polskiego (History of polish state and law) by Juliusz Bardach. It's an academic book for law students. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.76.248.63 ( talk) 16:45, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
Sodomy laws in the United States and Sodomy law#United_States are almost the same. Perhaps the other page can be merged into here? 80.235.57.239 ( talk) 01:56, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
Done. Merged into there rater than here. Bmclaughlin9 ( talk) 23:17, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
If anyone is interested, there is a 1957 Chinese supreme court case that ruled that voluntary sodomy between two adults is not illegal. Sodomy was not placed under the "hooligan" statues until after the creation of the first PRC code of laws was created around 1980. A Chinese language explanation of the 1957 case is at:
http://www.law-lib.com/Law/law_view.asp?id=1218
David Straub ( talk) 00:12, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
The US map showing dates of repeal of the sodomy laws lacks a color key. All of the blocks next to the key entries are black, with no clue as to which map color they correspond to.
Reader X ( talk) 00:12, 28 May 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.92.174.105 ( talk)
The subsection "State laws at time of 2003 Supreme Court decision" is a very detailed treatment of US law, out of proportion to the coverage of other countries. It also replicates the detail found at Sodomy_laws_in_the_United_States#State laws prior to 2003 invalidation.
Wouldn't it make sense to maintain just a single copy of that detailed info at Sodomy_laws_in_the_United_States#State laws prior to 2003 invalidation and keep just a short summary in this article?
Bmclaughlin9 ( talk) 21:20, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
Making my point, someone made a change to one state's entry yesterday, but the note attached made it clear that the editor thought he was changing Sodomy_laws_in_the_United_States#State laws prior to 2003 invalidation. I'm going to make the change so that we don't need to maintain duplicate info and to make the US portion of this entry consistent with the info provided for all other countries. Bmclaughlin9 ( talk) 16:23, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Currently, it is stated in the section about the Soviet Union that they were the 1st. However, according to the page as well, France had it legalized for more than a hundred years before the founding of the Soviet Union. Is there some difference between the situation in France and the Soviet Union? Thunderstone99 ( talk) 03:17, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
This entire article is poorly written and constantly directs people LGBT articles regardless of whether or not it is relevant. It constantly goes off on tangents about gay rights, age of consent, etc. It should stick to sodomy. This is just plain crap writing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.22.68.156 ( talk) 04:30, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
Whoever is trying to use the bible as a source for Wikipedia stop. Ya can't just start throwing bible verses around using the bible as a primary source. That's stupid. And also the source that was used for the beastiality bit did not actually say "such acts as beastiality and homosexuality". The only source that says that is Duck Dynasty. Nice try. Ignorant bigoted editors might please exercise a degree of self restrain or integrity. Instead of lying about what sources say or spewing absurd bible verses. Cluelesswonder ( talk) 07:59, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
This article starts off by stating
Why sodomy and not buggery? The first such civil law in England was Buggery Act 1533 not the Sodomy Act? -- PBS ( talk) 18:40, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
Why? -- PBS ( talk) 17:26, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
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This article consistently makes references to "homosexuality". What does "homosexuality" have to do with sodomy laws? Absolutely nothing. Sodomy laws are specifically about MALE sexual practises ONLY. All references to "homosexuality" should be removed from this article as they are completely confusing the issue. For example, smack bang in the middle of the article, someone has inserted a chart showing attitudes on "LGBTI". Those attitudes have absolutely NO BEARING on sodomy laws! "Lesbian sex" has always been regarded as perfectly normal. Almost no one has any moral objection to it, nor has there been any serious legislation against it. So why bring "homosexuality" into the article? It's totally out of place and irrelevant to the issue of MALE sexual practises which this article is supposed to be about. Grand Dizzy ( talk) [29 July 2019]
Despite repeated r/v by User:Jorge1777, I believe HK should have its own heading despite being a SAR under PRC, as it has a unique standpoint on LGBT rights as discussed at LGBT rights in Hong Kong. Per revert and discuss, this should be discussed here. Despite this, Jorge1777 has WP:3RR. comrade waddie96 ( talk) 12:28, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
In Indonesia , sodomy Laws ( Prohibition of homosexuality ) is only present in the Aceh territory / province . It's not present in all other areas of Sumatra . A regional Law in the city of Palembang , South Sumatra was abolished in 2020. Now no longer existing. Please limit the red mark in Indonesia to the Aceh territory only , not for the whole areas of Sumatra . Bayu Fuller ( talk) 06:40, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
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It should be noted that New Mexico still recognizes common-law offenses and sodomy is a common-law offense. So sodomy was still technically illegal there after repeal until Lawrence, even though no one was ever prosecuted for it during that time.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.226.26.33 ( talk) 00:16, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
I have always wondered, how exactly does one "enforce" this law, without putting a camera in every home...etc. Or is this just supposed to be for after the act has occured?
As I write this in July 2006, the U.S. State of Georgia Code is full of laws referring to the illegality of sodomy. Do a search here for sodomy. It's also illegal in Georgia to have sex of any kind without a marriage license. So apparently the laws are staying on the books to scare people. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/cgi-bin/gl_codes_detail.pl?code=1-1-1
Needs description of sodomy laws in the US military.
The King James Version omits the word only, which weakens the "contradicted by Ezekiel" argument:
I think the paragraph should be re-ordered: give the "traditional" intepretation first, since it explains the connection between Sodom and sodomy. Next, explain the view that Ezekiel contradicts that interpretation. -- Ed Poor
Should the section on sodomy laws in the seperate US states be removed, or at least given a new introduction, given LvT? -- Dante Alighieri 10:55 10 Jul 2003 (UTC)
I've got a problem in translating this article into Chinese, i am not sure what does , like, "5 years/$2000" mean? does that mean "5 yrs in prison, and $2000 fine"? -- Gboy 16:56, 31 Jul 2003 (UTC)
OK, I think my latest edits have fixed the possible copyright problem. -- Cjmnyc 05:36, 2 Aug 2003 (UTC)
I wouldn't put an NPOV warning on the whole thing, but implicitly describing homosexuality as a sexual pracitice (i.e., "homosexuality or other sexual practices") may be controversial -- particularly since that entry doesn't. -- Calieber 16:31, 25 Sep 2003 (UTC)
I made the sections of various countries' laws into subsections; it reflects a higher standard of article quality and organization. Also, I decapitalised "Sodomy" in a few places. Makaristos 02:53, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I removed the following paragraph (list?) of homosexual politians, as it is a little far reaching to be placed under this articles title, maybe a List of sodomists in the legal and political profession (Tongue in cheeck there).
Then, is there a reason why Singapore and Sweden are after United Kingdom and Unated States in what seems to be a list in otherwise alphabetical order? (Peter Sjöberg 22:47, 25 July 2006 (UTC))
Does the UAE still punish homosexuality by death? Or does it differ by the emirates? WhisperToMe 02:31, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
I'm a bit confused what this means. Specifically, what does the no clear statute mean? If there are no sodomy laws, then I would assume there should be no clear statute.
Also, the issue of one partner below the age of consent. Are there any laws which differentiate based on sexual act? I.e. do the laws provide for harsher penalties if anal sex is involved? Is the age of consent different depending on sexual act? And finally, although this is much harder to establish, is there any clear evidence that it is treated worse by the police and/or the courts if anal sex is involved? If the answer to all 3 is no, then it's irrelevant.
Nil Einne 15:16, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
Regarding the insertion of the clause "laws primarily intended to outlaw homosexual acts" in the sentence "Sodomy laws in the United States were largely a matter of state rather than federal jurisdiction." : (1) The clause doesn't read well as inserted, which is why it caught my eye. (2) It's inaccurate & oversimplified here -- it is not true that the laws were "primarily intended to outlaw homosexual acts"; they were primarily intended to outlaw "sodomy" which was defined to include a lot of things, including homosexual acts, but different legislators had different "intents". The whole point about the US is that there is no one single intent; it was state-by-state, and this clause is a gross oversimplification. (3) The clause is redundant here, because the top of the article explains the nuances regarding sodomy laws, including related terms and how sodomy and related terms are used to mean different things at various times and places. Since the top captures the nuance better and at greater length, it's a mistake to include in the US section a redundant version of a shortened and deceptively simple clause. -- LQ 18:38, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
Interested editors please see Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 December 16#Category:People imprisoned or executed for homosexuality. — coelacan talk — 22:49, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
There should be a map showing the laws by country. Zazaban 23:29, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
--There is:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/World_homosexuality_laws.png
- Diskill
While testing all the interwikis from the page Homosexuality laws of the world, and clicking back to English, some other languages seem to be about what is written here in Sodomy laws. So there is a mess up in the interwiki first of all.
Secondly, the article is simmular to Homosexuality laws of the world. The information in the section of f.ex. Iceland can be merged into Gay rights in Iceland.
If noone opposes my remark, Ill begin to fillup the "Gay rights in ..." articles with the information provided here. The definition of "sodomy law" will be listed as a section in Homosexuality laws of the world. 亮HH 16:28, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Why is this article part of LGBT studies? Sodomy laws effect heterosexuals just as much as homosexuals, heterosexual couples have anal and oral sex too, this shouldn't be solely associated with homosexuals and bisexuals, it seems discriminate. 207.144.80.131 19:13, 31 March 2007 (UTC)Kobol
The OP is right, it seems "Mel" is the confused one. This article is poorly written and even more poorly linked. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.22.68.156 ( talk) 04:33, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
The article states: Following the Wolfenden report, sexual acts between two adult males, with no other people present, were made legal in England and Wales in 1967, in Scotland in 1980 and Northern Ireland in 1982.
Is it the case that anal sex between a man and a woman, married or unmarried, is still theoretically illegal? The new laws made it anal sex legal between adult males specifically, yeah? If so, should this not be included in the article? -- Mal 02:31, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
Buggery between a man and a woman was illegal until 2001. 31.52.255.117 ( talk) 19:14, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
(and committed) :)
There appears to be a lot of overlay between Homosexuality laws of the world and sodomy laws. Sethie has no sense of how to connect the two or maybe merge the two and it seems like there is some possibility here. Sethie 06:39, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
I've just sent all of those direct links down into the notes list. If anyone objects to this, please contact me. Samantha Pignez 22:37, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
I've cut the following sentence from the United States section:
"By the last quarter of the 20th century, 47 out of 50 states had repealed any specifically anti-homosexual-conduct laws, and 37 had repealed all sodomy laws."
As written, the article does not explain what "anti-homosexual-conduct laws" are; and the wikilink around those words simply takes the reader to the Homophobia article, which does not mention such laws. If someone wants to explain what those laws are, as distinct from sodomy laws, and verify with a citation to a reputable source, be my guest. Textorus ( talk) 20:20, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
The opening section says "Contemporary supporters of sodomy laws argue that there are additional reasons for retaining them.", but there are no references for these reasons and no descriptions of them within the article. 80.235.57.239 ( talk) 01:43, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
Poland actually penalised homosexuality until 1932, so the article is wrong about that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.31.70.185 ( talk) 16:58, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
I agree. Actually the bills against homosexuality existed in Poland before loosing its independence in 18th century. You can check it in ,,Historia państwa i prawa polskiego (History of polish state and law) by Juliusz Bardach. It's an academic book for law students. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.76.248.63 ( talk) 16:45, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
Sodomy laws in the United States and Sodomy law#United_States are almost the same. Perhaps the other page can be merged into here? 80.235.57.239 ( talk) 01:56, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
Done. Merged into there rater than here. Bmclaughlin9 ( talk) 23:17, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
If anyone is interested, there is a 1957 Chinese supreme court case that ruled that voluntary sodomy between two adults is not illegal. Sodomy was not placed under the "hooligan" statues until after the creation of the first PRC code of laws was created around 1980. A Chinese language explanation of the 1957 case is at:
http://www.law-lib.com/Law/law_view.asp?id=1218
David Straub ( talk) 00:12, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
The US map showing dates of repeal of the sodomy laws lacks a color key. All of the blocks next to the key entries are black, with no clue as to which map color they correspond to.
Reader X ( talk) 00:12, 28 May 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.92.174.105 ( talk)
The subsection "State laws at time of 2003 Supreme Court decision" is a very detailed treatment of US law, out of proportion to the coverage of other countries. It also replicates the detail found at Sodomy_laws_in_the_United_States#State laws prior to 2003 invalidation.
Wouldn't it make sense to maintain just a single copy of that detailed info at Sodomy_laws_in_the_United_States#State laws prior to 2003 invalidation and keep just a short summary in this article?
Bmclaughlin9 ( talk) 21:20, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
Making my point, someone made a change to one state's entry yesterday, but the note attached made it clear that the editor thought he was changing Sodomy_laws_in_the_United_States#State laws prior to 2003 invalidation. I'm going to make the change so that we don't need to maintain duplicate info and to make the US portion of this entry consistent with the info provided for all other countries. Bmclaughlin9 ( talk) 16:23, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
Currently, it is stated in the section about the Soviet Union that they were the 1st. However, according to the page as well, France had it legalized for more than a hundred years before the founding of the Soviet Union. Is there some difference between the situation in France and the Soviet Union? Thunderstone99 ( talk) 03:17, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
This entire article is poorly written and constantly directs people LGBT articles regardless of whether or not it is relevant. It constantly goes off on tangents about gay rights, age of consent, etc. It should stick to sodomy. This is just plain crap writing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.22.68.156 ( talk) 04:30, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
Whoever is trying to use the bible as a source for Wikipedia stop. Ya can't just start throwing bible verses around using the bible as a primary source. That's stupid. And also the source that was used for the beastiality bit did not actually say "such acts as beastiality and homosexuality". The only source that says that is Duck Dynasty. Nice try. Ignorant bigoted editors might please exercise a degree of self restrain or integrity. Instead of lying about what sources say or spewing absurd bible verses. Cluelesswonder ( talk) 07:59, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
This article starts off by stating
Why sodomy and not buggery? The first such civil law in England was Buggery Act 1533 not the Sodomy Act? -- PBS ( talk) 18:40, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
Why? -- PBS ( talk) 17:26, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
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This article consistently makes references to "homosexuality". What does "homosexuality" have to do with sodomy laws? Absolutely nothing. Sodomy laws are specifically about MALE sexual practises ONLY. All references to "homosexuality" should be removed from this article as they are completely confusing the issue. For example, smack bang in the middle of the article, someone has inserted a chart showing attitudes on "LGBTI". Those attitudes have absolutely NO BEARING on sodomy laws! "Lesbian sex" has always been regarded as perfectly normal. Almost no one has any moral objection to it, nor has there been any serious legislation against it. So why bring "homosexuality" into the article? It's totally out of place and irrelevant to the issue of MALE sexual practises which this article is supposed to be about. Grand Dizzy ( talk) [29 July 2019]
Despite repeated r/v by User:Jorge1777, I believe HK should have its own heading despite being a SAR under PRC, as it has a unique standpoint on LGBT rights as discussed at LGBT rights in Hong Kong. Per revert and discuss, this should be discussed here. Despite this, Jorge1777 has WP:3RR. comrade waddie96 ( talk) 12:28, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
In Indonesia , sodomy Laws ( Prohibition of homosexuality ) is only present in the Aceh territory / province . It's not present in all other areas of Sumatra . A regional Law in the city of Palembang , South Sumatra was abolished in 2020. Now no longer existing. Please limit the red mark in Indonesia to the Aceh territory only , not for the whole areas of Sumatra . Bayu Fuller ( talk) 06:40, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
Please correct this 189.217.86.145 ( talk) 16:37, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Sodomy law's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
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I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. Feel free to remove this comment after fixing the refs. AnomieBOT ⚡ 21:02, 24 June 2024 (UTC)