Lawrence v. Texas

Oral sex - Fellatio. A common technique of fellatio is to take the glans of the erect penis in the mouth while rhythmically caressing the rest of the penis with the hands; the testes and the shaft of the penis can also be licked with the tongue. Suction is often used to increase the pressure and friction exerted on the penis. (When the testes are taken into the mouth, the act is sometimes known as "teabagging" due to its supposed similar ...

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Oral sex, Oral sex - Pleasure, Oral sex - Utility, Oral sex - Techniques, Oral sex - Fellatio, Oral sex - Cunnilingus, Oral sex - Variants, Oral sex - Taboo, Oral sex - Health issues, Oral sex - Sexually transmitted diseases, Oral sex - Terminology and slang

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The first section formally defines citizenship and requires the states to provide civil rights. Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due proc ...

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Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Citizenship and Civil Rights, Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Definition of citizen, Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Civil Rights, Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Apportionment of representatives, Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Participants in rebellion, Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Validity of public debt, Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Power of enforcement, Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Proposal and ratification, Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Relevant court cases, Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Reference

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Narcissism is an important element of the metrosexual concept. The metrosexual in its original form, as Simpson intended, is a person who desires to be what he sees in magazines and advertising. In On Narcissism, Sigmund Freud analyzes the psychological aspect of narcissism and comes up with the following explanation for narcissistic love: "A person may love: (1) According to the narcissistic type: (a) What he is himself, (b) What he once was, (c) What he would like to be, (d) Someone who once was part of himself." See also:

Metrosexual, Metrosexual - Narcissism and Changing Masculinity; the Metrosexual, Metrosexual - Common usage, Metrosexual - Evolution of usage, Metrosexual - Retrosexual: The Anti-Metro, Metrosexual - Individuals, Metrosexual - Notes

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The United States has constitutional protection for freedom of speech, which is not interpreted to protect every utterance. The Supreme Court has found that, when used in the context of the First Amendment, the word "obscenity" means material that deals with sex. In U.S. legal texts, the term "obscenity" now always refers to this "Miller test obscenity". The Supreme Court has ruled that it is constitutional to regulate the sale or transmission of obscenity, but that it is unconstitutional to pass laws concerning the personal possession of ob ...

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Obscenity, Obscenity - British obscenity law, Obscenity - United States obscenity law, Obscenity - Political history of obscenity in the US, Obscenity - Past standards, Obscenity - U.S. activity and court cases dealing with obscenity, Obscenity - Research resources

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Incest - Ancient Egypt. Some experts claim that incestuous marriages were widespread at least during part of Egyptian history, such as Naphtali Lewis (Life in Egypt under Roman Rule: Oxford, 1983), who claims that numerous papyri attest to many husbands and wives as being brother and sister. When instances of brother-sister marriages first began to appear in the papyri, they were greeted with great scepticism in some quarters, where doubt was expressed that any society would really have counte ...

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Incest, Incest - Incest and inbreeding, Incest - Incest versus exogamy, Incest - Industrial societies, Incest - Consensual adult incest, Incest - History, Incest - Ancient Egypt, Incest - Royal dynasties, Incest - In religious traditions, Incest - In mythology, Incest - In religion, Incest - Fiction, Incest - Genetics

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k.d. lang -- Karl Gorath -- Karl Lange -- Kurt von Ruffin -- Elisar von Kupffer ...

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List of LGBT-related topics, List of LGBT-related topics - A, List of LGBT-related topics - B, List of LGBT-related topics - C, List of LGBT-related topics - D, List of LGBT-related topics - E, List of LGBT-related topics - F, List of LGBT-related topics - G, List of LGBT-related topics - H, List of LGBT-related topics - I, List of LGBT-related topics - J, List of LGBT-related topics - K, List of LGBT-related topics - L, List of LGBT-related topics - M, List of LGBT-related topics - N, List of LGBT-related topics - O, List of LGBT-related topics - P, List of LGBT-related topics - Q, List of LGBT-related topics - R, List of LGBT-related topics - S, List of LGBT-related topics - T, List of LGBT-related topics - U, List of LGBT-related topics - V, List of LGBT-related topics - W, List of LGBT-related topics - X, List of LGBT-related topics - Y, List of LGBT-related topics - Z

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Landmark cases in the United States come most frequently (but not exclusively) from the United States Supreme Court. United States Courts of Appeal may also make such decisions, particularly if the Supreme Court chooses not to review the case, or adopts the holding of the court below. Although many cases from state supreme courts are significant in developing the law of that state, only a few are so revolutionary that they announce standards that many other state courts then choose to follow. Main articles: List of court case ...

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Landmark decision, Landmark decision - Comparison with cause célèbre, Landmark decision - Landmark decisions in Australia, Landmark decision - Landmark decisions in Canada, Landmark decision - Aboriginal rights, Landmark decision - Abortion, Landmark decision - Equality, Landmark decision - Freedom of Speech, Landmark decision - Landmark decisions in the United Kingdom, Landmark decision - Landmark decisions in the United States, Landmark decision - Landmark decisions in U.S. Civil Rights, Landmark decision - Landmark decisions in U.S. Criminal Rights, Landmark decision - Landmark decisions in U.S. Federalism, Landmark decision - Landmark decisions in First Amendment Rights, Landmark decision - Landmark Decisions in Other Areas of U.S. Law

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In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, there has been a growing movement in a number of countries to regard civil-marriages as a right which should be extended to all citizens regardless of sexual orientation. Civil-marriages entail a wide range of entitlements, including social security, health insurance, taxation, inheritance and other benefits unavailable to couples unmarried in the eyes of the law. Restricting legal recognition to opposite-sex couples excludes same-sex couples from gaining legal access to these benefits. Similarly, t ...

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Same-sex marriage, Same-sex marriage - Terminology, Same-sex marriage - History of same-sex unions, Same-sex marriage - Asia, Same-sex marriage - Classical Europe, Same-sex marriage - Christian Europe, Same-sex marriage - North America, Same-sex marriage - Africa, Same-sex marriage - Current status of same-sex religious marriage, Same-sex marriage - Current status of same-sex civil marriage, Same-sex marriage - Africa, Same-sex marriage - Asia, Same-sex marriage - Europe, Same-sex marriage - North America, Same-sex marriage - Australia, Same-sex marriage - International Organizations, Same-sex marriage - Other forms of same-sex partnership, Same-sex marriage - Controversy, Same-sex marriage - Religious arguments, Same-sex marriage - Societal arguments, Same-sex marriage - Arguments about tradition, Same-sex marriage - Arguments about inability to prohibit certain kinds of sex, Same-sex marriage - Arguments concerning children, Same-sex marriage - Arguments concerning equality, Same-sex marriage - Miscellaneous, Same-sex marriage - Bibliography

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The Supreme Court overturned Griswold's conviction and invalidated the Connecticut law. The majority opinion, authored by William O. Douglas, joined by Chief Justice Earl Warren, and Justices Tom C. Clark, William J. Brennan, Jr., and Arthur J. Goldberg famously argued that the Bill of Rights protected a "right of privacy" contained in the "penumbras" of the first eight amendments to the Bill of Rights, as well as the Ninth Amendment: The foregoing cases suggest that specific guarantees in the Bill of Rights have penumbras, form ...

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Griswold v. Connecticut, Griswold v. Connecticut - Prior history, Griswold v. Connecticut - The Court's decision, Griswold v. Connecticut - Goldberg's concurrence, Griswold v. Connecticut - Black and Stewart's dissents, Griswold v. Connecticut - Subsequent jurisprudence

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U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - January 2004. January 7 - George W. Bush's campaign manager Ken Mehlman announces that the President's re-election campaign raised $130.8 million from 494,000 individual donors during 2003. 415,000 of the 494,000 Bush donors contributed less than $200 each. Reportedly, the goal is to raise between $150 million and $170 million by the mid-summer conventions. January 13 - The non-binding Washington, DC Democratic primary is held with four major candidates on ...

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U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - 2002, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - 2003, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - January 2003, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - February 2003, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - March 2003, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - April 2003, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - May 2003, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - June 2003, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - July 2003, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - August 2003, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - September 2003, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - October 2003, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - November 2003, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - December 2003, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - 2004, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - January 2004, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - February 2004, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - March 2004, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - April 2004, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - May 2004, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - June 2004, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - July 2004, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - August 2004, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - September 2004, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - October 2004, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - November 2004, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - December 2004, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - January 2005, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - In depth analysis of week of 2004 election, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - Events, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - Tuesday November 2 2004, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - Wednesday November 3 2004, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - Friday November 5 2004, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - Sunday November 7 2004, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - Tuesday November 9 2004, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - Thursday November 11 2004, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - Saturday November 13 2004, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - Monday December 13 2004, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - Thursday January 6 2005, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - Election incidents, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - Results of the Election By State, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - Certificates of Ascertainment, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - Footnotes, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - Third party candidates, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - Colorado constitutional amendment, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - Maine and Nebraska splits, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - Pre-election odds, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - Related timelines, U.S. presidential election 2004 timeline - External primary calendars

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Zoophilia - Psychological and research perspectives. DSM-III-R (APA, 1987) stated that sexual contact with animals is almost never a clinically significant problem by itself (Cerrone, 1991), and therefore both this and the later DSM-IV (APA, 1994) subsumed it under the residual classification "paraphilias not otherwise specified". The first detailed studies of zoophilia date from prior to 1910. Peer reviewed research into zoophilia in its own right has happened since around 1960. There have been several si ...

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Zoophilia, Zoophilia - Terminology, Zoophilia - Extent of occurrence, Zoophilia - Legal status, Zoophilia - Legality by U.S. State, Zoophilia - Zoophiles, Zoophilia - Zoophilia as a lifestyle, Zoophilia - Non-sexual zoophilia, Zoophilia - Zoophiles and other groups, Zoophilia - Perspectives on zoophilia, Zoophilia - Psychological and research perspectives, Zoophilia - Religious perspectives, Zoophilia - Animal studies perspectives, Zoophilia - Animal rights and welfare concerns, Zoophilia - Historical and cultural perspectives, Zoophilia - Health and safety, Zoophilia - Arguments about zoophilia or zoosexuality, Zoophilia - Mythology and fantasy literature, Zoophilia - Media discussion, Zoophilia - Pornography, Zoophilia - Social community, Zoophilia - Zoo Code, Zoophilia - Other popular references, Zoophilia - Books articles and documentaries, Zoophilia - Academic and professional, Zoophilia - Other books, Zoophilia - Print and online media, Zoophilia - Television and radio

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O'Connor was part of the federalism movement and approached each case as narrowly as possible, avoiding generalizations that might later "paint her into a corner" for future cases. Although she formed part of the conservative axis during the later years of the Burger Court, with the departure of the last members of the liberal Warren Court, she was later regarded as occupying the ideological center. It was both O'Connor's dedication to asserting her judicial power over that of other federal institutions and her pragmatic circumspection that gave he ...

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Sandra Day O'Connor, Sandra Day O'Connor - Life and history, Sandra Day O'Connor - Supreme Court jurisprudence, Sandra Day O'Connor - Abortion, Sandra Day O'Connor - Foreign law, Sandra Day O'Connor - Retirement, Sandra Day O'Connor - Trivia

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Professor Laurence H. Tribe is often recognized as one of the foremost constitutional law experts in the nation. He has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court 34 times. He holds an A.B. from Harvard College, summa cum laude in Mathematics (1962), and a J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School (1966). Tribe served as a law clerk on the California Supreme Court for Justice Mathew O. Tobrine from 1966-67 and as a law clerk for Justice Potter Stewart on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1967-68. He joined the Harvard Law School faculty as an ...

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Laurence Tribe, Laurence Tribe - Career, Laurence Tribe - Plagiarism accusations, Laurence Tribe - Policy Debate, Laurence Tribe - Books

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The definition of "judicial activism" is itself an intense ongoing debate. According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, judicial activism is "the practice in the judiciary of protecting or expanding individual rights through decisions that depart from established precedent or are independent of or in opposition to supposed constitutional or legislative intent". According to Black's Law Dictionary, judicial activism is "a philosophy of judicial decision-making whereby judges allow their personal views about public policy, a ...

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Judicial activism, Judicial activism - Definition, Judicial activism - Criteria, Judicial activism - Judicial philosophies as judicial activism, Judicial activism - The Living Constitution as judicial activism, Judicial activism - Originalism as judicial activism, Judicial activism - Judicial Activism on the Supreme Court, Judicial activism - Criticism of judicial activism, Judicial activism - Related rulings, Judicial activism - Sources, Judicial activism - Books

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Oral sex - Fellatio. A common technique of fellatio is to take the glans of the erect penis in the mouth while rhythmically caressing the rest of the penis with the hands; the testes and the shaft of the penis can also be licked with the tongue. Suction is often used to increase the pressure and friction exerted on the penis. Depending on the preference of the participants, this stimulation may produce an orgasm and ejaculation of semen which may or may not be swallowed, hence the slang phrase "spit ...

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Oral sex, Oral sex - Pleasure, Oral sex - Utility, Oral sex - Techniques, Oral sex - Fellatio, Oral sex - Cunnilingus, Oral sex - Variants, Oral sex - Taboo, Oral sex - Health issues, Oral sex - Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Oral sex - Terminology and slang

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In the 21st century, defending homosexuals against anti-gay bias and gay-bashing and other forms of discrimination is a major element of American gay rights, often portrayed as intrinsic to human rights. Indeed, one of the most influential gay rights groups in the U.S. is called the Human Rights Campaign. The gay rights movement is often divided on ideological lines. Progressive gay rights organizations include the National Gay and Lesbian Task force (NGLTF), Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) and the Gay and Lesbian Alliance A ...

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Gay rights in the United States, Gay rights in the United States - History, Gay rights in the United States - Homophile Movement, Gay rights in the United States - Gay Liberation, Gay rights in the United States - Gay Migration, Gay rights in the United States - The movement today

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The discovery or establishment of common ground between individuals is a fundamental component for enduring interpersonal relationships. Loss of common ground, which may happen over time, may tend to end interpersonal relationships. For each relationship type, essential skills are needed, and without these skills more advanced relationships are not possible. Systemic coaching advocates a hierarchy of relationships, from friendship to global order. Expertise in each relationship type (in this hierarchy) requires the skills of all previous relationship ty ...

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Interpersonal relationship, Interpersonal relationship - Stages of Relationship Formation, Interpersonal relationship - Types of interpersonal relationships, Interpersonal relationship - Factors affecting interpersonal relationships, Interpersonal relationship - Theories of interpersonal relationships

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1925 Scopes Trial - paid for John Scopes' defense Gitlow v. New York - represented Benjamin Gitlow 1927 Whitney v. California ...

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List of court cases involving the American Civil Liberties Union, List of court cases involving the American Civil Liberties Union - 1920s, List of court cases involving the American Civil Liberties Union - 1930s, List of court cases involving the American Civil Liberties Union - 1940s, List of court cases involving the American Civil Liberties Union - 1950s, List of court cases involving the American Civil Liberties Union - 1960s, List of court cases involving the American Civil Liberties Union - 1970s, List of court cases involving the American Civil Liberties Union - 1980s, List of court cases involving the American Civil Liberties Union - 1990s, List of court cases involving the American Civil Liberties Union - 2000s

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Muguet Martin and Kristopher Ziherl were an unmarried couple who had been in a sexually active relationship for two years when Martin's doctor diagnosed her with herpes. She then filed a lawsuit against Ziherl in the Richmond Circuit Court, alleging that he knew he was infected with herpes when they had unprotected sex, knew it was contagious, and failed to inform her. Her complaint claimed negligence, intentional battery and intentional infliction of emotional distre ...

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Martin v. Ziherl, Martin v. Ziherl - Background of the case, Martin v. Ziherl - The Court's decision, Martin v. Ziherl - Notes

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Same-sex marriage in the United States - 1971 Minnesota. The Minnesota Supreme Court rules against the contention of plaintiffs Jack Baker and Mike McConnell that absence of a specific prohibition on same-sex marriage signified a legislative intent to recognize them. The court found that "The institution of marriage as a union of man and woman, uniquely involving the procreation and rearing of children within a family, is as old as the book of Genesis". [4] This decision was summarily affimed by the United States Supreme Court Baker v ...

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Same-sex marriage in the United States, Same-sex marriage in the United States - Popular opinion, Same-sex marriage in the United States - Polls, Same-sex marriage in the United States - Legislative branch on same-sex unions, Same-sex marriage in the United States - Federal level, Same-sex marriage in the United States - State level, Same-sex marriage in the United States - Executive branch on same-sex unions, Same-sex marriage in the United States - Federal level, Same-sex marriage in the United States - State level, Same-sex marriage in the United States - Judicial branch on same-sex unions, Same-sex marriage in the United States - Federal level, Same-sex marriage in the United States - State level, Same-sex marriage in the United States - Federal issues, Same-sex marriage in the United States - Civil unions, Same-sex marriage in the United States - International issues, Same-sex marriage in the United States - Timeline, Same-sex marriage in the United States - 1971 Minnesota, Same-sex marriage in the United States - 1975 Arizona, Same-sex marriage in the United States - 1975 Colorado, Same-sex marriage in the United States - 1987 Washington DC, Same-sex marriage in the United States - 1993 Hawaii, Same-sex marriage in the United States - 1998 Alaska, Same-sex marriage in the United States - 1999 Vermont, Same-sex marriage in the United States - 2003 Massachusetts, Same-sex marriage in the United States - 2004 New Jersey, Same-sex marriage in the United States - 2004 California, Same-sex marriage in the United States - 2004 New Mexico, Same-sex marriage in the United States - 2004 New York, Same-sex marriage in the United States - 2004 Oklahoma, Same-sex marriage in the United States - 2004 Oregon, Same-sex marriage in the United States - 2004 Rhode Island, Same-sex marriage in the United States - 2004 Washington, Same-sex marriage in the United States - 2005 Utah, Same-sex marriage in the United States - 2005 Ohio, Same-sex marriage in the United States - 2005 Nebraska, Same-sex marriage in the United States - 2005 California, Same-sex marriage in the United States - 2005 Massachusetts, Same-sex marriage in the United States - 2005 Texas, Same-sex marriage in the United States - 2006 Maryland, Same-sex marriage in the United States - Laws defining marriage, Same-sex marriage in the United States - The 2004 presidential election, Same-sex marriage in the United States - Case law, Same-sex marriage in the United States - External link

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The epistle of Jude in the New Testament, however, echoes the Genesis narrative and recalls mainly the sexually immoral aspects of Sodom's sins: "...just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire" (v. 7, ESV). The phrase rendered "unnatural desire" is literally translated "strange flesh," but it is not entirely clear what it refers to. The ESV translators supply one plausible paraphrase in making t ...

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Sodomy, Sodomy - Etymology, Sodomy - Alternate understandings of the sins of Sodom, Sodomy - First century opinions, Sodomy - Banning of sodomy in the United States, Sodomy - Evolution of the term in other languages

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