I’m so glad these dangerous criminals are off our streets
by David Atkins
Louisana’s finest are protecting their communities from all those scary gay people–even though what they’re doing isn’t actually illegal. Here’s the sting:
An East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office task force arrested at least 12 men since 2011 under a sodomy law invalidated a decade ago the U.S. Supreme Court, a newspaper reported Sunday.
The most recent arrest was July 18 when a man discussed or agreed to have sex with a male undercover agent, The Advocate (http://bit.ly/13mSpdc) reported. The task force was trying to deter sexual activities at the parish’s public parks.
Although sex in public and sex solicitation for money are illegal in Louisiana, neither was part of these 12 cases, and most of the men were arrested after agreeing to have sex away from the park at a private residence, District Attorney Hillar Moore III told the newspaper.
“The sheriff’s office’s intentions are all good,” Moore said. “But from what I’ve seen of these cases, legally, we found no criminal violation.”
The Supreme Court ruled in 2003 that a Texas law against oral or anal sex was invalid. Louisiana was among nine states with such laws. Richard Leyoub, then attorney general, said the high court’s ruling made Louisiana’s law unenforceable.
The sheriff’s office sent a statement Sunday to the newspaper saying it “should have taken a different approach” to worries about park safety, the newspaper reported.
Priorities. Some places have the right ones. Some places don’t.
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