A sheriff in Baton Rouge Louisiana has been arresting Gay men during sting operations for sodomy after agreeing to consensual sex in a private residence. This even though the Supreme Court ruled such laws unconstitutional years ago. Unbelievable, this is the USA not Russia. I ran across the story on another news site that referenced the original story in the Advocate that I have linked to:

http://theadvocate.com/home/6580728-125/gays-in-baton-rouge-arrested

Now after the negative publicity the Sheriff's office is backing off a little bit. But I love the Councilman's angry response to the Sheriff's office once he learned what the Sheriff's Office has been doing for at least 2 years.

http://theadvocate.com/home/6631425-125/ebrso-park-arrests-needed-different

Shameful. And I call bullshit that they weren't targeting a certain segment of society.

I should have noted that the story was in the Baton Rouge newspaper "The Advocate" and not the Gay newspaper "The Advocate". I think it does say something positive that the local newspaper dug into this and printed the story.

On visits to Baton Rouge it has struck me as having a pretty wide liberal streak, maybe partly to do with LSU and other college populations there. Hope the sheriff's office can look forward to some lawsuits over this.

They ought to consider a law suit against the Sheriff and the County for 'harassment under the color of law'.