Tag: Utah

Supreme Court Strikes Down Gay Sex Ban

Posted on by nolageek

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court struck down a ban on gay sex Thursday, ruling that the law was an unconstitutional violation of privacy.

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Of the 13 states with sodomy laws, four ? Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri ? prohibit oral and anal sex between same-sex couples. The other nine ban consensual sodomy for everyone: Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Utah and Virginia.

Thursday’s ruling apparently invalidates those laws as well.

We’re legal!

Now we just need the Powers That Be to acknowledge it. Massive rallying and celebrations going on at a queer bar near you.
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Orrin Hatch’s Web Site Once Linked To Porn

Posted on by nolageek

The girls of “Big Naturals” will be missing the hits generated from Senator Orrin Hatch‘s “Explore Utah” page on his Official Site.

It appears he wised up and removed the “myUtahsearch.com“* button, you can still see it in Google’s Cache* though. Ha.

The Right Wing News article‘s title also mentions something about Hatch’s site using Pirated Software, but I didn’t see any information about this in the article text.

* Caution: Adult, non-work-friendly content on these pages

Is there something in the water in Washington?

Posted on by nolageek

“If we can find some way to [thwart illegal file-sharers] without destroying their machines, we’d be interested,” Hatch, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said at the hearing. “If that’s the only way, then I’m all for destroying their machines.”

If I thought that this was even remotely possible, I’d be scared. It does frighten me that this kind of stuff is actually debated seriously in our government: File-Sharing? Your Hard Drive Could Be Destroyed If Utah Senator Has His Way