Meanings
- not comparablelawSeeking to prevent or prohibit sodomy
Doesn't it violate the Texas antisodomy law once backed by President Bush--to say nothing of the FCC's new antismut regulations--for so many U.S. senators to have their heads up their butts on C-SPAN?
2004 July 23, Dan Savage, “Savage Love”, in Chicago Reader1 more example
Many felt it was the first positive news at the federal level since 1986, when the court affirmed a state's interest in restricting sexual behavior by upholding Georgia's antisodomy law in Bowers v. Hardwick.
1996 August 30, Jeffrey Felshman, “How to Win Enemies and Influence People”, in Chicago Reader
Origin
Translations
Portuguese antissodomia
- antissodomiaseeking to prevent or prohibit sodomy
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