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markodochartaigh

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2. This is different than the old-time US policy.
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 08:20 PM
Aug 11

"The court didn’t publicly identify the men."

This is men didn’t go into certain public restrooms alone. At highway rest stops undercover officers would wait for out-of-towners to enter the restroom. The unsuspecting out-of-towner would then be arrested and charged with soliciting sex from a man.
The accused would be driven into town where it was explained that if he fought the charge the cost would be much higher, it would be all over the local newspaper, and there is no way that a local jury would believe a stranger accused of soliciting sodomy over a couple of local police officers. Very few men were willing to risk their jobs and families under those conditions.

I hope that the students in Indonesia are able to find a place where they will be free to love who they want.

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