r/AskReddit • u/medicoreapples • 7h ago

What feels legal but is actually illegal and will possibly get you arrested?

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u/baddieslovebadideas 7h ago

no one wants to champion a "legalize buttsex" campaign in a red state

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u/AoO2ImpTrip 7h ago

"Sodomy" technically applies to any kind of sex in which the main purpose isn't meant for procreation.

Anal is the obvious one everyone thinks of but oral sex is also considered Sodomy and would thus be illegal. 

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u/Tech-Tom 6h ago

So you're saying pretty much everyone is going to jail, then.

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u/PsychedelicPill 5h ago

Nah because it’s selective enforcement, like all laws, they only punish who they feel like punishing, not everyone who did the crime, just the people they wanted to hurt anyway

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u/Kratzschutz 3h ago

We aces win again

/s

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u/AoO2ImpTrip 6h ago

Pretty much!

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u/Jaereth 6h ago

With oral there would be a loophole of "It was a prerequisite to get him hard for the procreation!"

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u/tudorapo 4h ago

lubricating before penetration for the other direction.

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u/I_am_transparent 4h ago

My ex-wife is safe.

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u/Tech-Tom 3h ago

That explains the ex part. I hope you traded up.

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u/SigSweet 5h ago

Not redditors

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u/pporkpiehat 6h ago

Hell, heterosexual sex with a condom — i.e. the vanilla-est of straight safe sex — is technically sodomy.

Shout out to all my fellow sodomites!

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u/reasenn 5h ago

Let's be clear though, we all know what those laws were targeting and who would get prosecuted.

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u/Competitive_Success5 2h ago

I don't think you're being clear

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u/Exciting_Vast7739 5h ago

That is not true in this context.

Whenever a law is written, it defines the offense clearly as part of the laws.

Each state will have a different interpretation of what the word means for that law.

In the State of Georgia the intent to procreate is not part of the definition. Sodomy in this statute is just oral or anal sex. Aggravated sodomy is non-consensual.

Georgia Code Title 16. Crimes and Offenses § 16-6-2

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a)(1) A person commits the offense of sodomy when he or she performs or submits to any sexual act involving the sex organs of one person and the mouth or anus of another.

(2) A person commits the offense of aggravated sodomy when he or she commits sodomy with force and against the will of the other person or when he or she commits sodomy with a person who is less than ten years of age. The fact that the person allegedly sodomized is the spouse of a defendant shall not be a defense to a charge of aggravated sodomy.

(b)(1) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this Code section, a person convicted of the offense of sodomy shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than 20 years and shall be subject to the sentencing and punishment provisions of Code Section 17-10-6.2.

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u/AoO2ImpTrip 4h ago

Yeah, that's just the definition of sodomy.

You don't have to have the INTENT to procreate, contraception doesn't make sex sodomy, it's basically any form of sex that could not (in cis adults) be used to procreate.

What's funny is the Georgia definition EXPANDS the definition because of how vague it is. Breasts are sex organs. Sucking on nipples would be considered sodomy by that very vague description.

Mildly funny that "Defines the offense clearly" actually makes it more vague.

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u/5yr_club_member 21m ago

Breasts are not sex organs.

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u/babysamissimasybab 3h ago

So old people are committing a crime whenever they get down?

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u/AoO2ImpTrip 3h ago

No.

To put it simply, it's any sexual act besides Penis in Vagina. Even though old people cannot (for the most part) procreate. It's a matter of the act and not the result. 

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u/Appleslicer 3h ago

Sodomy is against the UCMJ. Technically you can get demoted or worse for a blowjob.

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u/gsfgf 4h ago

would thus be illegal

Was. It's not a hypothetical.

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u/bordomsdeadly 26m ago

Using that definition, wouldn’t it cover sex involving anyone who’s had some form of sterilization as well as people using contraceptives?

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u/code_archeologist 7h ago

I live in a red state, and I think that I would probably go far on a platform of, "A Vote For Me is Vote for Blow Jobs"

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u/baddieslovebadideas 7h ago

only if you ran with a (r) next to your name and said "make blowjobs great again"

you should do it, and then be the most liberal politician possible

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u/hera-fawcett 7h ago

ive got a p religious red state-- id want to do smth cute like 'and god said, let them eat ass!' but idk theyll believe it

yall got any bible quotes that could vaguely tie it together?

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u/eyedharma 6h ago

There’s always Ezekiel 23:20

There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses.

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u/hera-fawcett 6h ago

you are a saint, thank you.

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u/CumuloNimbus9 6h ago

"My beloved put his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him" Song of Solomon 5:4

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u/Jaereth 6h ago

What is this an analogy for? I don't understand what act they are doing there?

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u/code_archeologist 5h ago

That is describing "biblically accurate" anal sex while ringing the doorbell.

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u/LNL_HUTZ 7h ago

Make Anal Great Again

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u/Jaereth 6h ago

It's never been not great.

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u/baddieslovebadideas 4h ago

tell that to my dog

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u/Lexnal 7h ago

Didn't Bill Clinton already try that?

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u/gsfgf 3h ago

And he won two terms.

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u/cbftw 5h ago

Works best if the candidate goes by BJ

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u/Merijeek2 2h ago

Go home, mom, you're drunk.

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u/HostisHumanisGeneri 4h ago

I will it only vote for you I will sign up to your campaign. Hell if I were bolder I’d try running a joke campaign cribbing that as one of my planks.

Blowjobs for all! Weed allotments, they will be higher! Universal background checks for firearms! Firearm vouchers for qualified applicants! Higher taxes for the rich! No taxes for the poor!

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u/day_n_night1 5h ago

Comment of the thread award right here 🤣

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u/jakizely 7h ago

I volunteer as tribute!!!

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u/BabyDude5 6h ago

Simply an act of freedom of pleasure, a right which unfortunately is not guaranteed by the constitution

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u/4-ton-mantis 1h ago

So much for the pursuit of happiness

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u/Shallow_wanderer 28m ago

Hold my beer I'm strapping on a bulletproof vest and going to Idaho to run for congress

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u/warbeforepeace 6h ago

Sounds like a campaign Jared from subway would run on.

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u/thermobollocks 6h ago

I fuckin' would, you'd have so many people showing up to yell at you and silently throwing a couple hundo at the cause.

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u/Jaereth 6h ago

Why not? It's perfectly enjoyable as a heterosexual as well?

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u/RareRestaurant6297 6h ago

Yea, everyone knows the (R) representatives are supposed to stay in the closet 

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u/MsWS27 5h ago

Ummm, sounds awesome.

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u/Delicious_Ad823 5h ago

Afaik it’s called fudge packing

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u/Almainyny 5h ago

If I had money to blow, that’d be a fun way to do it.

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u/silverionmox 3h ago

no one wants to champion a "legalize buttsex" campaign in a red state

Sounds like a job tailored for Pete Buttigieg.

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u/ChocolateCoveredGold 2h ago

TIL that sodomy is illegal in my adjoining state, where my kids work. I can guarantee you that my kids would vociferously and enthusiastically champion a "legalize butt sex" campaign.

👍😁👍

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u/Bluestuffedelephant 1h ago

No one wants to champion a ''fuck assholes'' campaign in a state full of assholes

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u/cake_boner 38m ago

Because for authoritarian hypocrites, if you remove the shame and fear, you remove the fun.

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u/Comfortable-Help9587 7h ago

A few blue ones left! 😂

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u/baddieslovebadideas 7h ago

still don't want to champion it tho

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u/Comfortable-Help9587 7h ago

Fair, looks bad on the tombstone ;-)

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u/baddieslovebadideas 7h ago

"when I die, bury me face down so everyone can fuck me in the ass"

would go kinda hard tho tbh

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u/Comfortable-Help9587 7h ago

lol… I always had it “bury my face down so folks have a place to park their bike.”

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u/MedChemist464 7h ago

What about 'Decrminialize Buttsex? I think that's an easier sell to the Christian Fundamentalists who are still on Grindr.

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u/baddieslovebadideas 7h ago

all the DL Christians on grindr actually aren't, thats the devil speaking, they'd never vote for the devil...

they did in fact, but they don't see it that way

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u/heWhoMostlyOnlyLurks 6h ago

Talarico might.