Forum Newsfront
January, 1980
Equal FondlingJackson--The Mississippi Supreme Court has voided the state's sex law against "fondling" because it "is clearly discriminatory and unconstitutionally denies equal protection of the law to males." In reversing the conviction of a man sentenced to eight years in prison under the 1921 statute, the court said, "We are unable to conceive any sound or rational basis for making the statute applicable to 'male' persons only, while wholly excluding 'female' persons...
