Louisiana House Votes to Retain Unconstitutional Law

Here in Virginia the Republican Party of Virginia is little more than an arm of the extreme Christofascists at The Family Foundation which disingenuously pretends to be a "family values organization" rather than an organization which seeks to subvert the U.S. Constitution.  Based on a vote in the Louisiana House of Representatives, things are not much different in Louisiana where the Louisiana Family Forum (which like The Family Foundation is an affiliate of Focus on the Family and the hate group, Family Research Council) carries more weight than the United States Constitution and the rulings of the U. S. Supreme Court.  The proof?  The Louisiana House of Representatives voted 67 to 27 to retain Louisiana's unconstitutional sodomy statute.  A statute that was ruled unconstitutional under Lawrence v. Texas and which is similar to Virginia's now former sodomy statute which was struck down a second time by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.  Think Progress looks at the batshitery reigning in Louisiana:

The Louisiana House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly — 27–67 — to retain a law banning “crimes against nature,” including oral sex and all forms of same-sex sexual contact. The law has been unenforceable for over ten years, since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Lawrence v. Texas that laws criminalizing consensual private sexual behavior are unconstitutional. The 67 lawmakers who opposed the repeal thus violated their oath of office, in which they swore to support the Constitution of the United States.

Repeal of the unconstitutional law was opposed by the Louisiana Family Forum, a state affiliate of Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council. In a letter to lawmakers, the group argued that “Louisiana’s anti-sodomy statute is consistent with the values of Louisiana residents who consider this behavior to be dangerous, unhealthy, and immoral.” The Louisiana Family Forum also alleged that the law was essential to protect children from sodomy, even though several other laws account for such protections.

The group also claimed that the law was necessary for punishing crimes against nature in public places. The law, however, was still being used as of last year to entrap gay men who consented in public places to have sex in private places.

As Joe.My.God. points out, though Louisiana’s unenforceable ban on oral sex and same-sex relations will remain on the books, necrophilia — sex with dead people — may remain legal there.

As the piece correctly notes, every legislator who voted to retain this law breached their oath of office by which they swore to uphold the United States Constitution, not some set of hate and fear based religious beliefs held by religious extremist.  Technically, every one of them should be removed from office.