In the recent past, more than a dozen LGBT people were arrested for violating those laws, but the arrestees were freed because prosecutors won’t seek convictions based on laws that have been ruled unconstitutional. Conservative state legislators refuse to repeal the laws and, in some cases, police occasionally still arrest people on the basis of them. Supreme Court in 2003, but they are still on the books in 13 states: Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Virginia. In the United States, anti-sodomy laws were ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Dominica (But see “ Dominica leader: No enforcement of anti-gay law“).Singapore (But top court says the law is unenforceable.).Lebanon (law ruled invalid in one court in 2014 and disqualified for use against same-sex intimacy in another court in February 2017).Indonesia (Aceh Province, South Sumatra Province and four cities in other provinces).Here is this blog’s list of 71 countries and independent political entities with anti-homosexuality laws, with links to the blog’s coverage of them. The page is needed because its Internet address has become the destination for many other sites’ hyperlinks.) (The post is needed because the website couldn’t display a page properly. This page is duplicated in an Erasing 76 Crimes post, which is also titled “71 countries where homosexuality is illegal”. (Mostly the lists differ only in relatively small ways, such as whether they are limited to United Nations member nations.) HISTORY: Recent history of many nations repealing or overturning those laws and a few nations newly adopting them.ĬOMPARISON: A comparison of this blog’s list with the similar list compiled by ILGA, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association. THE LIST: A tally of nations with anti-homosexuality laws. Such laws apply in parts of Indonesia, so it is shown here in orange. Map of the 71 countries where sexual relations between people of the same sex are illegal. Bhutan in the Himalayas and Gabon in central Africa are the most recent countries to have repealed their anti-gay laws. Thunder fire you and ultimatum - Gov.Gay sex is no longer as widely criminalized as it used to be, but a total of 71 nations still have laws against it. "My family and faith absolutely do not practice polygamy" Mary Yul Edochie reacts after husband Yul Edochie shared old video of them together in happier times
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I don’t need weapons, I have the spirit of God on my side, bro." He added: "Even non-believers would agree on this matter. I burned down their pride, plain and simple." Knowingly, willingly and intentionally did I do that. I wish no harm upon any individual however if you guys are going to bring and forth and address it in such a manner than by all means necessary bring it forth bro, I have God on my side."įollowing, his sentencing, Martinez was asked if he planned to fight the charges and he replied: "No, I’m guilty, I’m guilty as charged, I say it live. "It was an honor to do that, it’s a blessing from the Lord to be able to stand for his word firmly against all odds plain and simple. It is a blessing from the Lord, plain and simple. It is my honor to do so, and it is an honor to that. In November he granted an interview to a local TV channel in which he said: "It is my honor, it is written, it is a judgement and it is written to execute vengeance on the heathen and punishments upon the people. He said that he tore the flag down from the United Church of Christ in Ames and burned it because he opposes homosexuality. Martinez was arrested in June and convicted in November. A man has been sentenced to more than 16 years in jail for pulling down and burning an LGBTQ flag that was flying at a church in the US.Īdolfo Martinez, 30, of Ames, Iowa, was sentenced to 15 years for the hate crime of arson, as well as 1 year for the reckless use of explosives or fire, and 30 days for harassment.