Current Version
| Region | Arkansas |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | 2002 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In Arkansas in 2002 there was a state supreme court hearing about homosexual activities (sodomy), about a 1977 law that forbid the acts. It was overturned, and it is now currently legal. Supreme Court ruled in 2003 that homosexual acts are legal, and any imprisonment with the 1977 law would be released. |
| Sources | https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/images/asset_upload_file829_23105.pdf https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lawrence-v-Texas https://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/usa/arkansas/jegley_v_picado.htm |
Revision History (4)
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| Description | In Arkansas in 2002 there was a state supreme court hearing about homosexual activities (sodomy), about a 1977 law that forbid the acts. It was overturned, and it is now currently legal. | In Arkansas in 2002 there was a state supreme court hearing about homosexual activities (sodomy), about a 1977 law that forbid the acts. It was overturned, and it is now currently legal. Supreme Court ruled in 2003 that homosexual acts are legal, and any imprisonment with the 1977 law would be released. |
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| Sources | https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/images/asset_upload_file829_23105.pdf | https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/images/asset_upload_file829_23105.pdf https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lawrence-v-Texas https://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/usa/arkansas/jegley_v_picado.htm |
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| Description | Supreme Court overturned 1977 law banning homosexual activity | In Arkansas in 2002 there was a state supreme court hearing about homosexual activities (sodomy), about a 1977 law that forbid the acts. It was overturned, and it is now currently legal. |
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| Sources | http://www.apa.org/about/offices/ogc/amicus/jegley.aspx | https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/images/asset_upload_file829_23105.pdf |
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