Those who engage in oral or anal sex are no longer criminals in Georgia. The state supreme court this week declared unconstitutional the state law that punished those who engaged in those acts. The court, by a 6-1 vote, said the law was a violation of the right to privacy. \n That probably won't create a booming porn industry in Georgia but it did spell relief for Anthony Powell, who had been sentenced to five years in prison and had already served 14 months. Powell had been charged with raping his wife's 17-year-old niece and having anal sex with her. He admitted having anal sex but a jury found him innocent of the rape charge. \n Under the old sodomy law, anal or oral sex, even performed by consenting married adults, was punishable by up to 20 years in prison. \n But just because you can enjoy a legal blow job in Georgia doesn't mean you have the same privilege elsewhere. Oral and anal sex remain a crime in Texas and 17 other states. \n At one time, all states had sodomy laws, mainly aimed at stopping homosexuals from engaging in sex. Since 1962, half the states repealed the laws. In seven other states, counting Georgia, the laws were invalidated by court decision. Last month, a Maryland court struck down the sodomy law in that state. \n Texas may be next. There, two men were arrested in their bedroom and fined $125 for their sexual activity. They have vowed to appeal the decision and get the law nullified. \n The Georgia law had been tested before. In 1986, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the law by a 5-4 vote in the case of Bowers v. Hardwick. In that instance, two gay men were caught in bed by a police officer. The conviction was overturned in federal appeals court but reinstated by the high court. \n Writing for the majority, Chief Justice Warren Burger said gay people don't have the same rights of privacy enjoyed by straight people. That ruling has been used by courts in other states in cases involving homosexuals. \n Stephen Scarborough, a lawyer for Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, which filed a brief in the Georgia case, said it was a proud day for Georgia. He said the state supreme court "sent a bright signal to the rest of the country that government does not belong in the bedroom of consenting adults--gay or straight."
All models were at least 18 years old at the time of their performance. 18 U.S.C. 2257 Record-Keeping Requirements Compliance Statement.
