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The distinction between developed and developing countries you think is so clearcut is actually not so clear "the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of
by biorach 3y ago
The distinction between developed and developing countries you think is so clearcut is actually not so clear
"the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of sodomy laws in Bowers v. Hardwick in 1986. However, in 2003, the Supreme Court changed opinion and reversed the decision with Lawrence v. Texas, invalidating sodomy laws in the remaining 14 states: Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Virginia."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodomy_laws_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodomy_laws_in_the_United_St...
- leadingthenet 3y agoThat looks like the rule of law working as expected to me?
- ExoticPearTree 3y agoYou do realize that 20 years ago it was wrong to be gay in various US states, right? And I'm saying this with the consideration that most of the world sees the US as the most advanced country on the planet.
- leadingthenet 3y agoThe rule of law was correctly implemented. Whether the law was morally correct or not is completely orthogonal to that fact.
- ExoticPearTree 3y agoSo is the law implemented in various countries in Africa. It's up to you if you want to break the law by going there or not.
- OkayPhysicist 3y agoAnd it's up to the PSF if they want to fund a conference in a country with unconscionable laws.
- bmicraft 3y ago> most of the world sees the US as the most advanced country on the planet. With all due respect, mostly the US sees the US as the most advanced country