There have been no recent convictions under the sodomy law, according to the latest US state department human rights report.

Tribe hoped to convince the swing vote, Justice Lewis Powell, that the sodomy law violated the unenumerated right to privacy.

But the court ruled that Oklahoma's forcible sodomy law, which also pertains to oral sex, did not address such cases.

Tasmania was forced to repeal its sodomy law in 1997, after a landmark case taken to the United Nations human rights committee.

Mr Lawrence and Mr Garner were arrested and charged with violating Texas's sodomy laws.

This is why same sex relationships, in violation of sodomy laws, were a necessary precondition for the legalization of same sex marriage.

Just look at the pleasure Putin took in pointing out that more than 10 US states still have sodomy laws on the books.