Washington, DC May 5 - Today Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly signed bill
10-30 which would decriminalize private, consensual, adult sodomy
in the District of Columbia.  Yesterday the D.C. Counsel voted
unanimously in favor of the Criminal Code Right to Privacy
Amendment Act of 1993.

"I am pleased to be able to sign this bill as I believe the
government should not play the role of 'peeping tom' by placing
itself in the private bedrooms of consenting adults.  Since the
1970's, I've been on record for the repeal of the sodomy statute
as I have always believed it represented [a] discriminatory,
archaic view," said Mayor Kelly.

The legislation must under go a 60 legislative day review period
in Congress before it can become law.  Opponents of the change in
law claim that sodomy is immoral, a pervasion of nature and
against god's will.  They have stated that they will fight this
in Congress like nothing ever before.

(It was quite ammusing to watch Rev. Lester James of the
Tradition Values Coalition make these claims.  To think, this
ugly little man has never even had a blow job, or thinks that he
will burn in hell for all eternity if he did...)

The current law makes oral sex between two adults a felony
punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $1000 fine.  It was
enacted in 1948 during the McCarthy era.

Similiar legislation was passed by the D.C. Council in 1981 and
signed by the Mayor, but Congress struck it down.  Since that
time, several changes have occured.  Now both houses are
Democratically controlled, both houses are now required to pass
special legislation needed to strike down D.C. Government
actions.  Such legislation would be facing a veto from President
Clinton.  D.C. now has a proactive Delegate in Congress.

Sodomy laws have been repealed in 26 states since 1961, and are
"probably uneforceable" in three others according to the ACLU.
Those 29 states make up 66.4% of the population of the United
States.

Help is need.  Please contact your Senators and Representative
and show support for D.C. home rule and privacy.  Senators can be
reached at:  202-224-3121 and Representatives at:  202-225-3121.

For more information, or to find out who or where your
representatives are please contact Bob Summersgill,
1400 East-West Hwy #501
Silver Spring, MD  20910
R+_Summersgill+aDC%H&H@MCIMail.com