Ken Cuccinelli's crusade against sodomy

The Virginia attorney general and Republican gubernatorial candidate fights to save the state's "Crimes Against Nature" law

Ken Cuccinelli
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Virginia Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli is campaigning hard on all the big issues of the day: Taxes, jobs, and sodomy.

Yes, Cuccinelli has spent time on the trail defending Virginia's old "Crimes Against Nature" law, which outlawed oral and anal sex between consenting adults, and which was struck down earlier this year by a federal appeals court. This week, he debuted a new website explaining how his support for that now-unconstitutional law is really about protecting kids from sexual predators.

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.