New, Softer Penal Codes Regarding Sodomy Make Nicaraguans Harder

Gay Nicaraguans can now enjoy sex with one another without committing an abomination. What’s the point, then?:

In adopting a new national civil code on Monday, the Nicaraguan National Assembly sidestepped the longstanding law that penalized sodomy between members of the same-sex with up to five years in prison by overwhelmingly voting to approve a new civil code that simply did not mention it.

Teehee. Penalized.

The president of the Nicaraguan Parliament’s Commission of Justice and Legal Issues, José Pallais, explained that legislators had sought to “modernize” the civil code by not using it to regulate behavior based on the State’s moral codes but by strictly addressing legal violations.

“We are not creating a Code of the Catholic Church here,” he said, “we are creating a democratic Code under modern principles and principles of legality.”

The new code goes into effect on March of 2008. As for us Sodomites in the U.S, well, depending on which state you’re in, it’s probably best to keep your penal codes far from rigid, ifyaknowwhatwemean.

Nicaragua: Sodomy statute disappears from the books [Blabbeando]