Sex Laws Gone Wild: The Most Shocking Sex Laws from America and Around the World | Alternet
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This isn’t going to be a list of the funny or weird laws that you read about in various articles. These are actual laws for which people could (and in some cases were) prosecuted in the United States (you know, Land of the Free).
While it is legally acceptable to marry your first cousin in New York, adultery is illegal. In 12 states, sodomy is outlawed. In some of those states, gay rights activists believe that anti-sodomy laws are used to arrest gay men
In the states where sodomy is illegal, sodomy is considered a crime against nature. Several states have overturned their ban since the Supreme Court ruled in Lawrence v. Texas that it is unconstitutional to make laws that prohibit sex between two consenting adults
In Louisiana, it is legal to have sex with a dead person (yet sodomy is a crime)
Oral sex is illegal in North Carolina
Some countries have sex laws that are much more stringent. Some of the laws will make you realize that sex laws in the United States aren’t quite as outrageous as those in other places.