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Lawsuit Challenges Unique La. Sex Crime Law
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's 200-year-old law against solicitation of oral and anal sex is archaic, discriminatory, and unconstitutional.
So says a coalition of lawyers and social activists who filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Tuesday challenging the state's "crimes against nature" law, which makes solicitation of such acts illegal.
In Louisiana, prostitutes do not have to register as sex offenders unless they are charged more than once with having oral or anal sex. Those who are paid for only those types of sex, do have to register if arrested a second time.
Attorney Alexis Agathocleous of the nonprofit Center for Constitutional Rights said Wednesday that distinction targets homosexuals, transsexuals and poor and minority women who work as prostitutes.
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