Repeal Utah's Sodomy Law
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Utah's sodomy law was nullified by the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Lawrence, et al v. Texas in June of 2003, however it remains in Utah Code. The sodomy law has been used in Utah to villify gay and lesbian citizens, including being used to justify not protecting them from hate crimes. The law also criminalizes a large portion of Utah's non-gay citizens in that it makes oral and anal sex a crime.
We call upon the Democratic and Republican legislative leadership to make the following change to Utah law in the 2007 General Legislative Session:
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) (1) A person commits forcible 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 commits sodomy upon another without the other's consent.
(3) (2) Sodomy is a class B misdemeanor. Forcible sodomy is a felony of the first degree.
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