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Civil Rights

Jun. 22, 2000

Texas Sodomy Law Gives Justice the Big Kiss-Off

By John Young In colonial Haleford, Md. , it was against the law to kiss for more than one second. Didn't matter who you kissed, we must assume. Your wife. Your mule. One-thousand-one. Then we call a constable.

        By John Young
        
        In colonial Haleford, Md. , it was against the law to kiss for more than one second.
        Didn't matter who you kissed, we must assume. Your wife. Your mule. One-thousand-one. Then we call a constable.
        G...

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