malek wrote:Smorgs and squinney, I have no idea what gender you are and will now have to look around to find out (unless you can save me some time that is). It makes life interesting I suppose, but it also leads for some highly embarrassing replies.
One thing shines through though, a lot of you seem to have known each other for quite some time. How long has this site been in operation?
smorgs and squinney are definitely female and you wouldn't have to look far on the threads to notice that.
The forum has been around for a few years, now and prior to that many of the posters were on a site called "abuzz", now non-existant.
There is a core of posters who know each other very well (at least on the site). You will probably note the post count by the names and you can assume that high count = well known.
Welcome - I hope you like it here.
As for the thread, I googled: utah statute oral sex
I found:
Weird Sex Laws
Which contains:
Quote:Utah state legislation outlaws all sex with anyone but your spouse. Next to that adultery, oral and anal sex, masturbation are considered sodomy and can lead to imprisonment. Sex with an animal - unless performed for profit - however is NOT considered sodomy. Polygamy - provided only the missionary position has been applied - is only a misdemeanor.
(The following was received from Patrick Clark unterhund@mailcity.com
a resident of Utah: "Unfortunately, your page on weird USA sex laws ( http://www.bertc.com/sexlaws.htm ) has some errors. Utah law does not consider masturbation to be sodomy. Specifically, Utah Code section 76-5-403 ( http://www.le.state.ut.us/~code/TITLE76/htm/76_05048.htm ) defines sodomy to include the mouth or anus of one person, and the genitals of another. Near as I can tell by reading the law, both are guilty of the misdemeanor, unless it's without consent. Then it's a felony for the aggressor. I can't find anything making private masturbation illegal. In public, on the other hand . . .
Also, "polygamy" is actually "bigamy" in Utah law (section 76-7-101 at http://www.le.state.ut.us/~code/TITLE76/htm/76_09002.htm), and it's a felony. Of course, adultery and fornication are both illegal, but there's no mention of position in the Utah Code anywhere.
Finally, regarding sex with animals, it's not "sodomy," true. It's "bestiality," which is a misdemeanor (section 76-9-301.8 at http://www.le.state.ut.us/~code/TITLE76/htm/76_0B015.htm). If done for pay--in fact, if any of the legal or illegal things listed above (aside from bigamy) are done in public--it's lewdness or sexual battery, depending on how willing any other person involved might be (section 76-9-70 at http://www.le.state.ut.us/~code/TITLE76/htm/76_0B037.htm).
Yes, it's anal of me to call this to your attention. I'm a picky sort, especially when my state's already, um, interesting reputation is unfairly attacked.')
There appear to be other amusing and (frankly) ridiculous laws which I will bear in mind if my girlfriend and I go on holiday to the US. Why is this kind of thing not in the tourist guides?
This has reminded me of something which I heard some time ago and now I've done the internet research:
Quote:Determining the legal status of oral sex has posed a challenge for Singapore's judiciary in recent years (Leong/Singapore/SCH), but a final position now appears to have been reached: "Oral sex is a crime unless it is followed by penile-vaginal sex, Singapore's Court of Appeal ruled Feb. 21 [1997]. "the coitus of the male and female sexual organs" is natural and "unnatural acts" are permitted only as foreplay, the court said." RW/2696
From:
Singapore Legal Code
Real, isn't it?
