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Kansas Court Assuages Justice Scalia's Fears in his Lawrence Parade of Horribles

By Corey Rayburnyung

In 2003, Justice Scalia wrote a dissent in Lawrence v. Texas where he predicted that the decision would be used to strike down state laws against (amongst other things) bestiality. Recently, a helpful reader directed us to a new Kansas Appellate decision assuaging Scalia's fears by upholding a state law criminalizing bestiality in State v. Coman, 214 P.3d 1198 (Kan. App. 2009). In Coman, the defendant appealed his conviction for having sex with his girlfriend's Rottweiler, arguing that (1) the criminal sodomy statute is unconstitutional and (2) he should not be required to register as a sex offender. The opinion is available here.  New York Law School Professor Arthur S. Leonard has more coverage of this story over at his blog. From the opinion:Joshua B...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on September 30, 2009 (boomark / email).