“I VIOLATE ARTICLE 27, SEC. 553-4 OF THE MARYLAND ANNOTATED CODE SAFELY, OFTEN, AND EXTREMELY WELL”
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Sections 553 and 554 of Article 27 of the Maryland Code prohibited sodomy (punishable with a sentence of “not less than one year nor more than ten years”), oral sex, and “any other unnatural or perverted sexual practice with any other person.”
One of my favorite Greek gods stories is when Hermes was supposed to battle Leto but instead basically said, “I’m not really feeling it and you’re scary so just tell everyone you beat the living daylights out of me” and then left.