Kentucky's coming-out.Emboldened by an executive order executive order n. a President's or Governor's declaration which has the force of law, usually based on existing statutory powers, and requiring no action by the Congress or state legislature. banning antigay discrimination in state employment, Kentucky state senator Ernesto Scorsone did on September 30 what apparently no elected official in the state has ever done--he came out of the closet. An 18-year political veteran, Scorsone was making a speech to state employees when he expressed his gratitude for the executive order, signed by Gov. Paul Patton in May. "I said, as a gay Kentuckian I was proud," Scorsone recounted, noting that the response to his coming-out has been "exceptionally positive." Prior to coming out, Scorsone said, he had opposed Kentucky's now-defunct sodomy sodomy n. anal copulation by a man inserting his penis in the anus either of another man or a woman. If accomplished by force, without consent, or with someone incapable of consent, sodomy is a felony in all states in the same way that rape is. Homosexual (male to male) sodomy between consenting adults has also been found a felony, but increasingly is either decriminalized or seldom prosecuted. laws and worked to get same-sex partners covered trader the state's domestic violence statutes. |
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