A Publication of the Lexini on Ca. and Lesbian Services Ori anization
FEBRUARY 1994
ruled unconstitutional by the Kentucky
Supreme Court in the Wasson decision.
As this issue of the GLSO News went to (Senate Bill .69' sponsored by Senators Gex
. Wilhams, Richard Roedmg, and Charlle
press, the 1994 Regular Sess1on of the General
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Assembly had already seen the 1ntroductlon of .. _
five bills that, if passed, will threaten gay, D _ The General Assembly shall define the
lesbian, and bisexual Kentuckians. crime 0f sodomy, and prov1de purushment
Four of the bills propose amending the state for Its_ commission; including between
constitution to add a new section. Here is how consenting persons. (House B111 10’
that section would read, according to the bills in sponsored Py Representatlves. James E"
question: Bruce, Lonnie Napier, Ray Mullmrx, Danny
E] "The General Assembly shall have the Ford, Walter Gee, Thomas TOdd’ Stephen C’
right to ban sodomy, including between Kelth’ and Woody Allen)
consenting persons." (Senate Bill 18, Strangely, Philpot’s bill is the most lenient
sponsored by Senator Tim Philpot) (although still reprehensible). The other two
Cl "Deviate sexual conduct between indi- Senate bills specifically target same-sex re-
viduals of the same sex shall be illegal. lations, and homosexual activity would no
Deviate sexual conduct includes the follow- dOUbt be th? focus 0f the definition allowed by
ing acts when performed for the purpose'of the House bln'
sexual stimulation or gratification: sodomy, If any of these constitutional amendments
flagellation, bestiality, sexual intercourse, were put on the ballot by the General Assembly
excretion, and other deviate sexual acts de- and then aPPYOVE-‘d by the VOIQYSI there WOUId
fined by the General Assembly by law. The be little or no possible recourse to the state
General Assembly shall, by law, fix the Supreme Court, WhiCh rendered the gay-
penalties for such acts." (Senate Bill 35, friendly Wasson decision in 1992-
sponsored by Senator Gex Williams) The fifth troublesome bill before the
I] "The General Assembly shall prohibit legislature does not address gay issues directly,
deviate sexual intercourse between persons but could be just as dangerous for us. Senate
of the same sex, regardless of whether or Bill 36 (sponsored by Senator Tim Philpot)
not the other person consented to the act." would allow citizensto petition directly to get
Upon passage by voters, this amendment proposed laws or amendments on the ballot for
would reactivate KRS 510.100, the very law approval by voters. Currently, voting on consti-