Supreme sodomy ruling sparks lawsuit in Utah
A Salt Lake County man is not waiting on state lawmakers to repeal Utah's statute. D. Berg filed a lawsuit challenging Utah's anti-sodomy law - and
another that prohibits Utahns from having sex out of wedlock. Utah's consensual sodomy law forbids "any sexual act with a [unmarried] person who is 14 years of age or older involving the genitals of one person and the mouth or anus of another person, regardless of the sex of either participant." The anti-fornication statute bans pre-marital sex, saying "any unmarried person who shall voluntarily engage in sexual intercourse with another is guilty of fornication."
Both crimes are class B misdemeanors punishable by up to six months
in jail and a $1,000 fine. Salt Lake Tribune
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