Bulldogcakes
10-21-2005, 07:27 PM
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The story of gay sex and Kansas (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/21/AR2005102100739_pf.html)</p><p>The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday unanimously struck down a state
law that punished underage sex more severely if it involved homosexual
acts, saying "moral disapproval" of such conduct is not enough to
justify the different treatment.</p>
<p>In a case closely watched by
national groups on all sides of the gay rights debate, the high court
said the law "suggests animus toward teenagers who engage in homosexual
sex."</p>
<p>Gay rights groups praised the ruling, while conservatives
bitterly complained that the court intruded on the Legislature's
authority to make the laws.</p>
<p>The case involved an 18-year-old man,
Matthew R. Limon, who was found guilty in 2000 of performing a sex act
on a 14-year-old boy and was sentenced to 17 years in prison. Had one
of them been a girl, state law would have dictated a maximum sentence
of 15 months.</p>
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<p> "Moral disapproval of a group cannot be a legitimate state interest."</p>
<p> </p>
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The story of gay sex and Kansas (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/21/AR2005102100739_pf.html)</p><p>The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday unanimously struck down a state
law that punished underage sex more severely if it involved homosexual
acts, saying "moral disapproval" of such conduct is not enough to
justify the different treatment.</p>
<p>In a case closely watched by
national groups on all sides of the gay rights debate, the high court
said the law "suggests animus toward teenagers who engage in homosexual
sex."</p>
<p>Gay rights groups praised the ruling, while conservatives
bitterly complained that the court intruded on the Legislature's
authority to make the laws.</p>
<p>The case involved an 18-year-old man,
Matthew R. Limon, who was found guilty in 2000 of performing a sex act
on a 14-year-old boy and was sentenced to 17 years in prison. Had one
of them been a girl, state law would have dictated a maximum sentence
of 15 months.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> "Moral disapproval of a group cannot be a legitimate state interest."</p>
<p> </p>
<p>WELCOME TO THE 20th CENTURY KANSAS!!! </p>
http://home.comcast.net/~bob80/RFnetBulldogcakes3.jpg
My site Bully Baby (http://bulldogcakes.tripod.com/index.html)
"A dog recently saved his owner's life, because he had been trained to dial 911. Unfortunately, operators had trouble finding the address 'woof, woof.'"-Norm MacDonald