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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- American morality has evolved enormously since the 1950s, when it was a felony to be gay and same-sex couples risked prison. In subsequent decades, tolerance grew. West Virginia revoked its "sodomy" law in the 1970s, and the U.S. Supreme Court voided the last such state laws in 2003.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- American morality has evolved enormously since the 1950s, when it was a felony to be gay and same-sex couples risked prison. In subsequent decades, tolerance grew. West Virginia revoked its "sodomy" law in the 1970s, and the U.S. Supreme Court voided the last such state laws in 2003.
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