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Florida GOP: Still Living in the 19th Century?

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lawhawk9/02/2011 1:30:22 pm PDT

This is one of many of the dumb laws on the books in FL, and now we know that even dumb laws like this still have their supporters who keep them on the books.

Among the FL whoppers:
800.02 Unnatural and lascivious act.

A person who commits any unnatural and lascivious act with another person commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. A mother’s breastfeeding of her baby does not under any circumstance violate this section.

Similarly, here’s the text of the law in question:

798.02 Lewd and lascivious behavior.

If any man and woman, not being married to each other, lewdly and lasciviously associate and cohabit together, or if any man or woman, married or unmarried, engages in open and gross lewdness and lascivious behavior, they shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.