Although most people think sodomy laws have been unconstitutional since the Supreme Court's 2003 ruling in Lawrence v. Texas, Virginia Attorney General would like to explain why — in his view — that's not so.
What's more, he wants the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals to agree with him and uphold the constitutionality of Virginia's sodomy law — which makes anal and oral sex between people of any sex a crime — in the process.
Cuccinelli last week asked the full appellate court to reverse a three-judge panel's decision and uphold the application of the law in a criminal prosecution against William Scott MacDonald, a very unsympathetic defendant.
MacDonald, 47 at the time, was convicted of violating the state's criminal solicitation statute, which applies whenever a person over 18 "commands ... or otherwise attempts to persuade" a person under 18 to commit a felony.
Hmm so in order to punish a man for forcing sexual contact on a young woman this guy wants to make the sex act itself illegal?
Isn't that kind of like punishing a drunk driver by making operating a motor vehicle by EVERYBODY against the law?
And by the way just which segment of the population might be the most affected by having sodomy laws prosecuted in Virginia? Well, certainly not the uptight Mr. Cucinelli, that's for damn sure!
I am pretty sure that even Virginia has laws against rape in their state, and do NOT need to reinstate laws originally thought up by people wearing black outfits with belt buckles on their hats.
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II has urged the state's public colleges and universities to rescind policies that ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, arguing in a letter sent to each school that their boards of visitors had no legal authority to adopt such statements.
I am suddenly made to feel very badly for MRS. Cuccinelli, whose sex life with Attorney General "Cotton Mather" must consist of being completely covered head to toe with a sheet in which a hole has been strategically placed over her genitals allowing "the master" to do his business while beating her about the head and face with a Bible and screaming "Oh Lord please forgive this revolting creature for a forcing me to defile her in this manner!"
Personally I think sex between religious zealots should be outlawed. That would certainly help to quickly put an end their ignorant reign of terror don't you think?
Virginia is no longer for lovers.
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LouAnne, you took the words right out of my... [censored by Ken Cuccinelli].
DeleteI bet he would sodomize his horse...just sayin'...
DeleteWhat's wrong with this picture:
ReplyDeleteCuccinelli is running for governor. And the latest polls I've seen show him with a slight lead or in statistical tie.
Those polls were taken BEFORE Cooch vowed to make felons out of consenting adults in his state, right?
DeleteMethinks Mr. Cucinelli doth protest too much.
ReplyDeleteSounds like somebody needs therapy for his obsession with gay sex. The rest of us, including our LGBT friends, don't think about it NEARLY as much as he does.
That's true.
Deleteanon @8:18, I was about to use the same words.
DeleteWhatever personal kinks Cucinelli may be trying to hide by his revolting demagoguery, there is something reminiscent of the medieval Burning Times about both him, Santorum and a number of other politicians. They have gone beyond the typical political pandering into some deep, dark internal spaces. Pun intended!
There's a fine line between good taste and sodomy.
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DeleteDouble thanks!
DeleteIf you don’t know who Ken Cuccinelli is by now, you really REALLY should. He’s the nice gentleman who has been pushing far right extremist laws in Virginia. Attorney General Cuccinelli worked with Governor Ultrasound Bob McDonnell to pass anti-abortion “trap laws” that would shut down almost every clinic that offered abortion services and fully endorsed forcing women seeking an abortion to have a transvaginal probe inserted against their will.
ReplyDeleteHooray small government!
And now Ken Cuccinelli is running for Governor this year as Gov. Vaginal Probe McDonnell hits his term limit. But before he leaves his current job, he still has some things he needs to take care of; like, for instance, banning sodomy and oral sex again.
Via Washington Blade:
Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli has filed a petition with the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond asking the full 15-judge court to reconsider a decision by a three-judge panel last month that overturned the state’s sodomy law.
The three-judge panel ruled 2-1 on March 12 that a section of Virginia’s “Crimes Against Nature” statute that outlaws sodomy between consenting adults, gay or straight, is unconstitutional based on a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2003 known as Lawrence v. Texas.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/04/03/republican-attorney-general-oral-and-anal-sex-should-be-crimes-against-nature-in-virginia/
And along the same lines...GOOD on these kids!
Rejecting Racism: Georgia High Schoolers Demand Their First Ever Integrated Prom (VIDEO)
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/04/04/rejecting-racism-georgia-high-schoolers-demand-their-first-ever-integrated-prom-video/
Jerry Critter made me spit my Cheerios!
ReplyDeleteI believe you made a slight error here, Gryphen:
ReplyDelete"this is not the first time he has demonstrated intolerance for the LGBT community"
He has, in fact, repeatedly demonstrated intolerance for ANYone and EVERYone who is not wealthy, white, male and living by the most coservative social practices of the 18th century.
As our late, great, Prime Minister, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, said... "The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation".
ReplyDeleteIf I had supported and voted for people like this (who campaigned on "JOBS, JOBS, JOBS") I'd be screaming at the top of my lungs about wasting the taxpayers' money with all this bullshit about SEX.
ReplyDeleteWhy aren't the supposed "fiscal conservatives" making a stink over this?
It appears to me that baggers are obsessed with:
ReplyDeleteGay Sex
Pedophilia
Bestiality
Seriously, what is wrong with these people. I can fully understand that if you have a problem with sodomy, well then don't do it. If you are against Gay Marriage, don't marry one. As for the kids and animals......well any person with a functioning brain abhors those actions, and really does not think about them.
Sigh... why do I get the feeling that some day we're gonna read about his guy getting his freak on with a farm animal.
ReplyDeleteWILBUR !!!!
It will be an underage farm animal, filly, colt, heifer, piglet, baby chick, ducklings...
DeleteIt's no wonder people are pulling away from religions across the nation. And, these people look like absolute idiots to the majority of us. Thank 'someone' they are a small segment of the population and are falling faster and faster. The Republican party is a friggin' mess!
ReplyDeleteThey may be "a small segment of the population", but they are extremely LOUD and too many people equate that with RIGHT!
DeleteTranslation: "If my wife won't do it, then nobody can!"
ReplyDeleteLOL!
DeleteAnd while we're on the subject, we straight people need to get up (in a manner of speaking) and make the point that oral and anal sex are not only enjoyed by gays.
Methinks Mr. Cuccinelli doth protest too much! His gaydar is way too focused...
ReplyDeleteIs it still illegal to have sex in any other than missionary on Virginia or to have oral sex?
ReplyDeleteYes it is, and stop trying to put your penis in there, it's dirty.
DeleteHahahahaha! I guess ON Virginia is better than IN Virginia!
DeleteKen has like 12 children..
ReplyDeleteChances are at least one will by LGBT.
What I don't undderstand is why someone isn't bringing suit against the anti-abortion, anti-LGBT, and anti-woman laws on the basis of religion.. After all, all of these anti laws are based on someone's interpretation of the Christian Bible. Why should they get to force their narrow views on the rest of us?
ReplyDeleteThere are actually - dare I say it - Christians who believe in tolerance, live and let live, and who allow LGBT people to function in their chruch as worthwhile contributing members. People of color are allowed in as well. Of course, these churches seem to be staying silent. Shame on them for the silence. They should be actively fighting against this fundamentalist tyranny,.
When is enough going to be enough? We have to use our laws against their intolerance.not allow them to create laws and discriminate based on their disgusting,hatred.
I'm embarrassed to say that Ken Kookinelli , or more commonly referred to as just Cooch here in VA is a democratically elected attorney general in our beautiful state. He has spent his time in office as a far right wingnutty Don Quixote tilting ideological windmills and wasting millions of dollars of taxpayer money fighting Obamacare, climate science, voting rights, LGBT rights, and to top it all of he still panders to the birther crowd.
ReplyDeleteCooch recently wrote a "book" railing giants the evils of community rec centers and pools (I kid you not) among all forms of government. He's one of those uber Catholic , homeskoolin, seven kids having dickwads in the mold of Rick Santorum, but on steroids. He's as smarmy as they come, taking money from big oil, big energy, the Koch's, and big tobacco. He just yesterday recused himself against a company who makes candy tobacco, which also happens to be a large campaign donor and the ONLY company he owns $100k worth of stock in which he never disclosed. Cooch refuses to resign his AG position while running for governor, which is long held tradition in the commonwealth.
Terry McAuliffe, the only democrat running for Gov this year will have plenty of time to go after Cooch...shit, all he has to do is read Kens book at every campaign stop. It's just too early in the year to go for the jugular .
Virginia Voter
Years ago, the Supreme court had a sodomy case from Texas. They said that they could not make a ruling that prohibits consenting adults from behavior behind closed bedroom doors. I think that many of these extreme laws are designed to go to the Supreme Court with the hopes that the court will have 5 conservative votes for them.
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http://www.politicususa.com/ready-hillary-superpac-kicks-karl-roves-mitt-romneys-social-media-butts.html
Crazy Cucci is an Irish Catholic.I wonder if he was an Altar Boy? Because it sure seems like he has a real fear of oral sex and Gay people.
ReplyDeleteWith a name of the italian "Cuccinelli", it seems unlikely that he is an Irish Catholic... correct me if I am wrong!
ReplyDeleteYep, it sounds Italian. Although, his mother could be Irish -- back in the day there were a lot Irish and Italian marriages.
DeleteThats correct,mother Irish and Dad Italian.
DeleteWell, that sure blows my plans. I had planned to finance a really great movie, Deliverance 2013, with authentic sex scenes and big-name stars. I had already scouted, and decided on, locations for the movie to be shot entirely in Virginia.
ReplyDeleteThis jerk has really fucked things up, but good. Not only for me, but for the State of Virginia. My multi-million dollar budget will now be spent elsewhere, once I can find another suitable location.
Oh Gryphen your commentary was hilarious! This guy is insane. But how much you want to bet he will be reelected? I'm thankful to be living in a liberal and sane state.
ReplyDeleteAs with any and all laws of this sort, one question is always forgotten by the writers and never explained - even after it passes.
ReplyDeleteHOW THE HELL ARE YOU GOING TO ENFORCE IT?
No one is going to pay the slightest bit of attention to it so it is just another example of these idiots wasting the people's money.
No, Gryphen, I think that the Mrs. Cooch never learned to give good head. If the good Mr. Cooch could visit the Bunny Ranch out there in naughty Las Vegas he might find that oral sex is the greatest gift ever! Could the Toad hook up the Cooch with some professional help?
ReplyDeleteToad would likely prefer to give a personal M2M demonstration.
DeleteThis post deserves a reviewing of the great and sorely missed Molly Ivins portion of "The Dildo Diaries" which was produced when Texas outlawed dildoes.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaUl6x1YXpg
Put all drinks down first; your computer thanks you.
WoW! Thanks for the warning! That's some seriously funny stuff!
DeleteGryphen, Im running a little late this evening and only have time to set up the joke. I hope you or one of the small handful of dead-enders still reading your defunct blog can provide the happy ending. here's the setup:
ReplyDelete"The only way that sanctimonious douchebag AG in Virginia is going to take away my oral sex, is to pry my cold, dead ____________________________!
Ok, someone finish that....
My lips are sealed!
DeleteWhere's Krusty when you need her?!?!?!?!
The Cooch is running for governor in Virginia and Cooch Watch has a message for him.
ReplyDeletehttp://youtu.be/XiSeg15mUjA
And what about the official State seal? The walking liberty had one breast exposed. No more. It offended the cooch.
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