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Idaho Settles Lawsuit Over Outdated, Homophobic Anti-Sodomy Law
The state of Idaho settled the case Doe v. Wasden, a lawsuit brought by the ACLU that challenged the state’s “Crime Against Nature” law that required several men to register as sex offenders over having consensual oral and anal sex.In a news release announcing the settlement, the ACLU of Idaho said that the enforcement of the law “has historically been used to condemn and punish” LGBTQ+ people.As part of the settlement, Idaho must remove the three men from the Idaho Sex Offender Registry.