Comments on: VA Legislator Charges Fed With Promoting A “Class 6 Felony”

By: BlackDog

BlackDog — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 11:53:43 +0000

Okay, that’s wierd…I was commenting on the post above this one…I think.

By: BlackDog

BlackDog — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 11:52:21 +0000

I didn’t read them, for the same reason I don’t read Yahoo comments anymore. I can imagine it’s full of ignorant remarks and spammed comments by redneck idiots and right wing nut jobs.

By: Erin

Erin — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 19:16:50 +0000

@ Mike. The Federal Reserve is NOT a federal agency. It is as federal as Federal Express. It is a private, central Bank. Yes, that’s right, greedy business men decide the money supply of our nation.

By: Goodboy PA

Goodboy PA — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 17:53:51 +0000

The statement by Delegate Marshall is absolutely true. Technically, acts of oral or anal sex continue to be a Class 6 felony in Virginia, affectionately referred to in the Virginia criminal code as “Crimes Against Nature” (Sec 18.2-361). Punishment for conviction is…

“(f) For Class 6 felonies, a term of imprisonment of not less than one year nor more than five years, or in the discretion of the jury or the court trying the case without a jury, confinement in jail for not more than twelve months and a fine of not more than $2,500, either or both.”

This is a STATE crime, to this day, and the state continues to authorize the arrest, detention and prosecution of persons caught violating 18.2-361.

While conviction (at any jurisdictional level) remains highly unlikely, it remains CORRECT to call violations of 18.2-361 to be criminal acts.

The only way for this NOT to be the case is for the Virginia legilature to repeal that section of state law. UNTIL THEN, it is permissible for arrests and charges to be filed, although nearly any judge would dismiss the charges in light of the Lawrence decision.

The LAWRENCE DECISION DID NOT REPEAL anti-sodomy laws. It merely made conviction a practical unlikelihood.

So, yes… you can STILL be arrested in Virginia and (theoretically) prosecuted. Since this is true, you would permenently have an “arrest record” if a police officer wanted to target you.

THIS PROVES THE IMPERRATIVE NEED for all states to repeal their anti-sodomy laws and remove the criminal stigma that continues to be attached to them.

By: Mike Kevitt

Mike Kevitt — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 06:55:56 +0000

In my comment I just made, above, I made a factual mistake. It appears the “law” in question is against homosexual activity, not against that flag. But, it still violates the unalienable right of free association. It’s still a criminal ducument, not a law

By: Mike Kevitt

Mike Kevitt — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 06:36:45 +0000

The Fed. Res. is a Federal agency, so it has no business celebrating anything except its assigned function. But, that Virginia “law” against that flag is a violation of free speech, so it’s a criminal document. Plus, what a laugh!, all the “social” and other “costs” of homosexual activity, which anybody can engage in without fear of law, and has the RIGHT to engage in without fear of criminal documents and their criminal enforcers. And, any PRIVATE entity has the right to fly that flag.

By: Steven B

Steven B — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 06:04:43 +0000

Yup, class 6 felony, still on the books in Virginia.

By: PC

PC — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 05:27:58 +0000

There’s been a Western religious and moral teaching for 6,000 years now?

Ooooooooooooh, he’s a young earth creationist. Gotcha.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 01:47:07 +0000

I used to be a resident of of Virginia and in 1990 I watched the candidate I supported take his place as the first African American governor of Virginia. Barely 20 years ago and no we have these hate mongers holding the governor’s seat, Hoochy-Koochy-Nellie as attorney general and a plethora of flatulent gassbags in the legislature.

I’m so glad I moved.

By: John B. Chilton

John B. Chilton — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 21:36:49 +0000

How about a twitter campaign to offset the hate in the comments the article in eliciting?

Send the Richmond Fed a thank you and encouragment by tweeting them at

@RichmondFed