Outlook: Of Lust and Law
You would think this country was a long way from the bawdy courts of 13th-century England, the Anglican Church which used to enforce public morality and punish unfaithful husbands and wives. In that era, adulterers could even be executed. The Puritans brought this tradition with them to the New World. Though they did not have church courts, they made adultery - and sodomy - a crime as they developed their laws. A few of those executed were found guilty; others were whipped or publicly humiliated. Today, 23 states, including Virginia and Maryland, have laws making adultery a crime. Search boxes are only rarely prosecuted, but they are prosecuted, Virginia as a lawyer who had an affair recently discovered. The Supreme Court struck down anti-sodomy laws, as Jonathan Turley points out in his Sunday Outlook article, Of Lust and the Law. Now, he says it’s time to get rid of all these laws that attempt to regulate private matters between consenting adults.
Turley, Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University, will be online Tuesday, Sept. 7, at 11 am ET to discuss his article.
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