SOC 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Security, Assyrian Law, Sexual Orientation
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Sexual identity and orientation: sexual orientation: pattern of romantic or sexual attraction to others in relation to one"s own gender identity. June 26th, 2015: supreme court decision 5 to 4 that ordered states to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, overruled the 13 states who had amended their state constitutions to ban same-sex marriage. Anti-sodomy laws: oldest known anti-sodomy law was the middle assyrian law codes (1075 bc) Most western sodomy laws arose along with christianity. Most western sodomy laws arose along with christianity: in 1970s, handful of states, including texas, passed legislation specifying that only same sex couples could participate in sodomy. Federal and local government discrimination: federal government banned employment of homosexuals. Extended rules to private contractors: many state governments prohibited gay people from being served in bars and restaurants, many municipalities launched police campaigns to suppress gay life. Intensive search for gay people by forcing people to name all the gay people they knew.
