Zoophilia and the law in the United States

Legality of Zoophilia in the United States

Zoophilia and the law in the United States looks at the laws governing humans having [...] with animals in the United States of America.

Zoophilia

Federal law

Laws against zoophilia and sodomy in the United States were largely a matter of state rather than federal jurisdiction, except for laws governing the District of Columbia and the U.S. Armed Forces. There is no federal law which explicitly prohibits [...] between humans and animals.

District of Columbia

In 1801, Congress enacted the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801 that continued all criminal laws of Maryland and Virginia in the now formally structured District, with those of Maryland applying to that portion of the District ceded from Maryland, and those of Virginia applying to that portion ceded from Virginia. At the time, Maryland had a sodomy law applicable only to free males with a punishment of "labour for any time, in their discretion, not exceeding seven years for the same crime, on the public roads of the said county, or in making, repairing or cleaning the streets or bason [sic] of Baltimore-town" and the death penalty for slaves committing sodomy, while Virginia had a penalty of 1–10 years for free persons committing sodomy, but had the death penalty for slaves committing sodomy. The law went into effect on February 27, 1801.

In 1831, Congress established penalties in the District of Columbia for a number of crimes, but not for sodomy. It specified that "every other felony, misdemeanor, or offence not provided for by this act, may and shall be punished as heretofore[.]" At the time, Maryland and Virginia had a penalty of 1–10 years for committing sodomy. It went into effect in March 2, 1831.

In 1892, Congress passed a law for the District of Columbia that states that "for the preservation of the public peace and the protection of property within the District of Columbia." Labeled in the law as vagrants were "all public prostitutes, and all such persons who lead a notoriously lewd or lascivious course of life[.]" All offenders had to post bond of up to $200 for good behavior for a period of six months. The law went into effect on July 29, 1892.

In 1898, Congress deleted the word "notoriously" from the provision concerning a lewd or lascivious course of life, thereby allowing prosecution of those without notoriety. The bond for good behavior was raised to $500, and the law was made clearly gender-neutral. The law went into effect on July 8, 1898.

In 1901, Congress adopting a new code for the District of Columbia that expressly recognized common-law crimes, with a penalty for them of up to five years and/or a $1,000 fine. The law went into effect on March 3, 1901.

In 1935, Congress passed a law for the District of Columbia that made it a crime for "any person to invite, entice, persuade, or to address for the purpose of inviting, enticing, or persuading any person or persons...to accompany, to go with, to follow him or her to his or her residence, or to any other house or building, inclosure, or other place, for the purpose of prostitution, or any other immoral or lewd purpose." It imposed a fine of up to $100, up to 90 days in jail, and courts were permitted to "impose conditions" on anyone convicted under this law, including "medical and mental examination, diagnosis and treatment by proper public health and welfare authorities, and such other terms and conditions as the court may deem best for the protection of the community and the punishment, control, and rehabilitation of the defendant." The law went into effect on August 14, 1935.

In 1948, Congress enacted the first sodomy law in the District of Columbia, which established a penalty of up to 10 years in prison or a fine of up to $1,000 for sodomy. Also included with this sodomy law was a psychopathic offender law and a law "to provide for the treatment of [...] psychopaths in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes." The law went into effect on June 9, 1948.

In 1981, after the District of Columbia regained home rule from Congress, it enacted a law that repealed the sodomy law, as well as other consensual acts, and made the [...] assault laws gender-neutral. However, the U.S. House exercised the power that it retained to veto laws passed by the District of Columbia Council. On October 1, 1981, the House voted 281-119 to disallow the new law. In 1983, one of the House vetoes by Congress were declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha, but the law was repealed by an act of Congress in a revision to the home-rule law required by the Supreme Court decision.

Military

On March 1, 1917, the Articles of War of 1916 are implemented. This included a revision of the Articles of War of 1806, the new regulations detail statutes governing U.S. military discipline and justice. Under the category Miscellaneous Crimes and Offences, Article 93 states that any person subject to military law who commits "assault with intent to commit sodomy" shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

On June 4, 1920, Congress modified Article 93 of the Articles of War of 1916. It was changed to make the act of sodomy itself a crime, separate from the offense of assault with intent to commit sodomy. It went into effect on February 4, 1921.

On May 5, 1950, the UCMJ was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Harry S. Truman, and became effective on May 31, 1951. Article 125 forbids sodomy among all military personnel, defining it as "any person subject to this chapter who engages in unnatural carnal copulation with another person of the same or opposite [...] or with an animal is guilty of sodomy. Penetration, however slight, is sufficient to complete the offence."

On December 1, 2011, the US Senate voted 93-7 in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, which contained in it a provision repealing Article 125 of the UCMJ. The bill died in Congress.

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 enacted in December 2013 repealed the ban on consensual sodomy found in Article 125 and added a specific provision in Article 125 of the UCMJ that specifically bans bestiality:

State, territorial, and local laws against zoophilia

State or territory

Year of law(s) being enacted

Statute

Punishment

Misdemeanor

Alabama

2014

Alabama is passing a bill through legislature.

Maximum of 1 year in prison

Alaska

1884 - 1980 (Jan. 1, 1980)
2010

Sec. 11.61.140 Cruelty to animals.
(a) A person commits cruelty to animals if the person
(6) knowingly
(A) engages in [...] conduct with an animal; or
(B) under circumstances not proscribed under AS 11.41.455,
(i) photographs or films, for purposes of [...] gratification, a person engaged in [...] conduct with an animal; or
(ii) causes, induces, aids, or encourages another person to engage in [...] conduct with an animal; or

Maximum of 1 year in prison

Arizona

1863 - 2001 (May 8, 2001)
2006

§ 13-1411. Bestiality; classification; definition
A. A person commits bestiality by knowingly doing either of the following:
1. Engaging in oral [...] contact, [...] contact or [...] intercourse with an animal.
2. Causing another person to engage in oral [...] contact, [...] contact or [...] intercourse with an animal.

Arkansas

1819

§ 5-14-122. Bestiality
(a) As used in this section, "animal" means any dead or alive nonhuman vertebrate.
(b) A person commits bestiality if he or she performs or submits to any act of [...] gratification with an animal involving his or her or the animal's [...] organs and the mouth, anus, penis, or vagina of the other.

Maximum of 1 year in prison

California

1850

§ 286.5
Any person who sexually assaults any animal protected by Section 597f for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the [...] desire of the person is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Maximum of 6 months in jail and $1,000 fine

Colorado

1860 - 1861
1861 - 1972 (July 1, 1972)
2007

§ 18-9-202. Cruelty to animals—aggravated cruelty to animals—cruelty to a service animal—restitution
(1)(a) A person commits cruelty to animals if he or she knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence overdrives, overloads, overworks, torments, deprives of necessary sustenance, unnecessarily or cruelly beats, allows to be housed in a manner that results in chronic or repeated serious physical harm, carries or confines in or upon any vehicles in a cruel or reckless manner, engages in a [...] act with an animal, or otherwise mistreats or neglects any animal, or causes or procures it to be done, or, having the charge or custody of any animal, fails to provide it with proper food, drink, or protection from the weather consistent with the species, breed, and type of animal involved, or abandons an animal.

Maximum of 1 and half years in prison and $5,000 fine

Connecticut

1639 - 1971 (Oct. 1, 1971)
2005

Sec. 53a-73a. [...] assault in the fourth degree: Class A misdemeanor or class D felony.
(3) such person engages in [...] contact with an animal or dead body; or

Maximum of 1 year in prison and $2,000 fine (16 years old and over)

Delaware

1664 - ????
1719
1993

§ 775. Bestiality (formerly § 777)
A person is guilty of bestiality when the person intentionally engages in any [...] act involving [...] contact, penetration or intercourse with the genitalia of an animal or intentionally causes another person to engage in any such [...] act with an animal for purposes of [...] gratification.

Florida

1848 - 1917
2011 (October 1, 2011)

828.126 [...] activities involving animals.—
(2) A person may not:
(a) Knowingly engage in any [...] conduct or [...] contact with an animal;
(b) Knowingly cause, aid, or abet another person to engage in any [...] conduct or [...] contact with an animal;
(c) Knowingly permit any [...] conduct or [...] contact with an animal to be conducted on any premises under his or her charge or control; or
(d) Knowingly organize, promote, conduct, advertise, aid, abet, participate in as an observer, or perform any service in the furtherance of an act involving any [...] conduct or [...] contact with an animal for a commercial or recreational purpose.

Maximum of 1 year in prison and a $1,000 fine

Georgia

1816

§ 16-6-6. Bestiality
(a) A person commits the offense of bestiality when he performs or submits to any [...] act with an animal involving the [...] organs of the one and the mouth, anus, penis, or vagina of the other.

Idaho

1864

§ 18-6605. CRIME AGAINST NATURE—PUNISHMENT
Every person who is guilty of the infamous crime against nature, committed with mankind or with any animal, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not less than five years.

Illinois

1795

5/12-35. [...] conduct or [...] contact with an animal
(a) A person may not knowingly engage in any [...] conduct or [...] contact with an animal.
(b) A person may not knowingly cause, aid, or abet another person to engage in any [...] conduct or [...] contact with an animal.
(c) A person may not knowingly permit any [...] conduct or [...] contact with an animal to be conducted on any premises under his or her charge or control.
(d) A person may not knowingly engage in, promote, aid, or abet any activity involving any [...] conduct or [...] contact with an animal for a commercial or recreational purpose.

Indiana

1795 - ????
1807 - 1977 (July 1, 1977)
2007

35-46-3-14 Bestiality
Sec. 14. A person who knowingly or intentionally performs an act involving:
(1) a [...] organ of a person and the mouth or anus of an animal;
(2) a [...] organ of an animal and the mouth or anus of a person;
(3) any penetration of the human female [...] organ by an animal's [...] organ; or
(4) any penetration of an animal's [...] organ by the human male [...] organ;
commits bestiality, a Class D felony.

Iowa

1838 - 1843
1892 - 1978 (Jan. 1, 1978)
2001

717C.1. Bestiality
1. For purposes of this section:
2. A person who performs a [...] act with an animal is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.

Maximum of 2 years in prison or 1 year in jail and $6,250 fine

Kansas

1855

21-5504. Criminal sodomy; aggravated criminal sodomy
(a) Criminal sodomy is:
(2) sodomy between a person and an animal;

Maximum of 6 years in prison and a $1,000 fine

Louisiana

1805

§89. Crime against nature
A. Crime against nature is the unnatural carnal copulation by a human being with another of the same [...] or opposite [...] or with an animal, except that anal [...] intercourse between two human beings shall not be deemed as a crime against nature when done under any of the circumstances described in R.S. 14:41, 14:42, 14:42.1 or 14:43. Emission is not necessary; and, when committed by a human being with another, the use of the genital organ of one of the offenders of whatever [...] is sufficient to constitute the crime.

Maximum of 5 years in prison and $2,000 fine (18 years old and over)
Maximum of 50 years in prison and $50,000 fine (under 18 years old)
Maximum of 50 years in prison and $75,000 fine (under 14 years old)

Maine

1677 - 1976 (May 1, 1976)
2001

§ 1031. Cruelty to animals
I. Commits bestiality on an animal. For purposes of this paragraph, “commits bestiality” means that a person:
(1) Engages in a [...] act with an animal for the purpose of that person's [...] gratification;
(2) Coerces anyone to engage in a [...] act with an animal;
(3) Engages in a [...] act with an animal in the presence of a minor;
(4) Uses any part of the person's body or an object to sexually stimulate an animal;
(5) Videotapes a person engaging in a [...] act with an animal; or
(6) For the purpose of that person's [...] gratification, kills or physically abuses an animal.

Maximum of 1 year in prison and $2,000 fine

Maryland

1632 (De facto)
1776 (De jure)

§ 3-322. Unnatural or perverted [...] practice
Prohibited
(a) A person may not:
(1) take the [...] organ of another or of an animal in the person's mouth;
(2) place the person's [...] organ in the mouth of another or of an animal; or

Maximum of 10 years in prison and $1,000 fine

Massachusetts

1636

§ 34. Crime against nature
Whoever commits the abominable and detestable crime against nature, either with mankind or with a beast, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than twenty years.

Michigan

1795 - ????
1810

750.158 - Crime against nature or sodomy; penalty
Sec. 158. Any person who shall commit the abominable and detestable crime against nature either with mankind or with any animal shall be guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not more than 15 years, or if such person was at the time of the said offense a sexually delinquent person, may be punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for an indeterminate term, the minimum of which shall be 1 day and the maximum of which shall be life.

Minnesota

1849

609.294. Bestiality
Whoever carnally knows a dead body or an animal or bird is guilty of bestiality, which is a misdemeanor. If knowingly done in the presence of another the person may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000 or both.

Maximum of 1 year in prison and $3,000 fine

Mississippi

1802

§ 97-29-59. Sodomy
Every person who shall be convicted of the detestable and abominable crime against nature committed with mankind or with a beast, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not more than ten years.

Missouri

1812

566.111. Unlawful [...] with an animal, crime, penalty
1. A person commits the crime of unlawful [...] with an animal if that person engages in [...] conduct with an animal or engages in [...] conduct with an animal for commercial or recreational purposes.

Maximum of 1 year in prison and $1,000 fine

Montana

1865

45-8-218. Deviate [...] conduct. (1) A person who knowingly engages in deviate [...] relations or who causes another to engage in deviate [...] relations commits the offense of deviate [...] conduct.
(2) A person convicted of the offense of deviate [...] conduct shall be imprisoned in the state prison for any term not to exceed 10 years or be fined an amount not to exceed $50,000, or both.
45-2-101. General definitions. Unless otherwise specified in the statute, all words must be taken in the objective standard rather than in the subjective, and unless a different meaning plainly is required, the following definitions apply in this title:
(21) "Deviate [...] relations" means any form of [...] intercourse with an animal.

Nebraska

1855

28-1010. Indecency with an animal; penalty
A person commits indecency with an animal when such person subjects an animal to [...] penetration as defined in section 28-318. Indecency with an animal is a Class III misdemeanor.

Maximum of 3 months in prison and $500 fine

New York

1613 (De facto)
1665 (De jure)

§ 130.20 [...] misconduct
A person is guilty of [...] misconduct when:
3. He or she engages in [...] conduct with an animal or a dead human body.

Maximum of 10 years in prison and $1,000 fine

North Carolina

1715

§ 14-177. Crime against nature.
If any person shall commit the crime against nature, with mankind or beast, he shall be punished as a Class I felon.

North Dakota

1862

12.1-20-12.
Deviate [...] act.
A person who performs a deviate [...] act with the intent to arouse or gratify his [...] desire is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

Misdemeanor

Oklahoma

1890

Section 886 - Crime Against Nature - Penalty
Every person who is guilty of the detestable and abominable crime against nature, committed with mankind or with a beast, is punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not exceeding ten (10) years. Except for persons sentenced to life or life without parole, any person sentenced to imprisonment for two (2) years or more for a violation of this section shall be required to serve a term of post-imprisonment supervision pursuant to subparagraph f of paragraph 1 of subsection A of Section 991a of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes under conditions determined by the Department of Corrections. The jury shall be advised that the mandatory post-imprisonment supervision shall be in addition to the actual imprisonment.

Oregon

1843 - 1850 (De facto)
1853 (De jure) - 1972 (January 1, 1972)
2001

167.333. [...] assault of animal
(1) A person commits the crime of [...] assault of an animal if the person:
(a) Touches or contacts, or causes an object or another person to touch or contact, the mouth, anus or [...] organs of an animal or animal carcass for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the [...] desire of a person; or
(b) Causes an animal or animal carcass to touch or contact the mouth, anus or [...] organs of a person for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the [...] desire of a person.

Maximum of 1 year in prison and a $5,000 fine

Pennsylvania

1676 - 1995 (Mar. 29, 1995)
1999 (August 17, 1999)

§ 3129. [...] intercourse with animal
A person who engages in any form of [...] intercourse with an animal commits a misdemeanor of the second degree.

Maximum of 2 years in prison and a $5,000 fine

Puerto Rico

1493

Article 145.- Bestiality.- Any person who performs, or incites, coerces or assists another person to perform any type of [...] penetration with an animal shall incur a fourth degree felony.

Rhode Island

1647

§ 11-10-1. Abominable and detestable crime against nature
Every person who shall be convicted of the abominable and detestable crime against nature, with any beast, shall be imprisoned not exceeding twenty (20) years nor less than seven (7) years.

South Carolina

1712

§ 16-15-120. Buggery.
Whoever shall commit the abominable crime of buggery, whether with mankind or with beast, shall, on conviction, be guilty of felony and shall be imprisoned in the Penitentiary for five years or shall pay a fine of not less than five hundred dollars, or both, at the discretion of the court.

South Dakota

1862 - 1977 (Apr. 1, 1977)
2003

22-22-42. Bestiality—Acts constituting—Commission a felony
No person, for the purpose of that person's [...] gratification, may:
(1) Engage in a [...] act with an animal; or
(4) Videotape a person engaging in a [...] act with an animal; or

Tennessee

1790 - 1989 (Nov. 1, 1989)
2007

39-14-214. Criminal offenses against animals.
(a) A person commits an offense who knowingly:
(1) Engages in any [...] activity with an animal;
(2) Causes, aids, or abets another person to engage in any [...] activity with an animal;
(3) Permits any [...] activity with an animal to be conducted on any premises under the person's charge or control;
(4) Engages in, organizes, promotes, conducts, advertises, aids, abets, participates in as an observer, or performs any service in the furtherance of an act involving any [...] activity with an animal for a commercial or recreational purpose; or
(5) Photographs or films, for purposes of [...] gratification, a person engaged in a [...] activity with an animal.

Utah

1876

§ 76-9-301.8. Bestiality—Definitions—Penalty
(1) A person commits the crime of bestiality if the actor engages in any [...] activity with an animal with the intent of [...] gratification of the actor.

Maximum of 6 months in prison and a $1,000 fine

Virgin Islands

1754 - 1985 (Jan. 16, 1985)
????

§ 2062. Bestiality
Whoever shall carnally copulate with a beast shall be imprisoned not more than 5 years.

Maximum of 5 years in prison

Virginia

1610 - 1618
1661

§ 18.2-361. Crimes against nature; penalty. A. If any person carnally knows in any manner any brute animal, or carnally knows any male or female person by the anus or by or with the mouth, or voluntarily submits to such carnal knowledge, he or she shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony, except as provided in subsection B.

Washington

1881 - 1976 (July 1, 1976)
2006 (June 7, 2006)

16.52.205. Animal cruelty in the first degree
(3) A person is guilty of animal cruelty in the first degree when he or she:
(a) Knowingly engages in any [...] conduct or [...] contact with an animal;
(e) Knowingly photographs or films, for purposes of [...] gratification, a person engaged in a [...] act or [...] contact with an animal.

Wisconsin

1836

944.17. [...] gratification
(2) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor:
(c) Commits an act of [...] gratification involving his or her [...] organ and the [...] organ, mouth or anus of an animal.
(d) Commits an act of [...] gratification involving his or her [...] organ, mouth or anus and the [...] organ of an animal.

Maximum of 9 months in prison and a $10,000 fine $10,000; for a repeat offender, maximum of 2 years in prison

State, territorial, and local governments that have repealed sodomy laws

State, territory, or district

Year of repeal or strikedown

Invalidated by

Alabama

1980 (Jan. 1, 1980)
  • Legislative repeal

American Samoa

1980 (Jan. 1, 1980)
  • Legislative repeal

District of Columbia

1995 (May 23, 1995)
  • Legislative repeal

Guam

1979 (Aug. 31, 1979)
  • Legislative repeal

Hawaii

1973 (Jan. 1, 1973)
  • Legislative repeal

Kentucky

1975 (Jan. 1, 1975)
  • Legislative repeal

Nevada

1993 (June 16, 1993)
  • Legislative repeal

New Hampshire

1975 (Aug. 6, 1975)
  • Legislative repeal

New Jersey

1979 (Sep. 1, 1979)
  • Legislative repeal

New Mexico

1975 (June 20, 1975)
  • Legislative repeal

Northern Mariana Islands

1983 (Sep. 1, 1983)
  • Legislative repeal

Ohio

1974 (Jan. 1, 1974)
  • Legislative repeal

Texas

1974 (Jan. 1, 1974)
  • Legislative repeal

Vermont

1977 (July 1, 1977)
  • Legislative repeal

West Virginia

1976 (June 11, 1976)
  • Legislative repeal

Wyoming

1983 (July 1, 1983)
  • Legislative repeal

Zoophilic [...] in the USA

Federal law

The only federal law prohibiting zoophilic [...], is 18 U.S.C. 2256, which prohibits distribution in interstate commerce and on federal property of child [...] of a minor under 18 years old engaging in "sexually explicit conduct" of bestiality.

The Constitutional definition of Obscenity was narrowed by the US Supreme Court in the 1985 case Brockett v. Spokane Arcades, Inc., which the court endorsed the Model Penal Code of obscenity. The Model Penal Code prohibition against deviate [...] intercourse includes “[...] intercourse per os or per anum between human beings who are not husband and wife, and any form of [...] intercourse with an animal.” Federal law does not ban obscenity outright; it leaves this to state and local law. Federal statutes prohibit, among other things, the transmission of obscene matter as defined by state law, in interstate commerce and on federal land.

Private Internet connections in the United States are not subject to censorship imposed by the government. However, private businesses, schools, libraries, and government offices may use filtering software at their discretion, and in such cases courts have ruled the use of such software does not violate the First Amendment.

State, territorial, and local law

State, territory, or district

Production

Sale and interstate commerce

Private ownership

Alabama

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Alaska

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American Samoa

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Arizona

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Arkansas

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California

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Colorado

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Connecticut

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Delaware

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District of Columbia

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Florida

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Georgia

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Guam

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Hawaii

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Idaho

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Illinois

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Indiana

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Iowa

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Kansas

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Kentucky

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Louisiana

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Maine

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Maryland

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Massachusetts

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Michigan

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Minnesota

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Mississippi

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Missouri

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Montana

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Nebraska

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Nevada

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New Hampshire

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New Jersey

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New Mexico

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New York

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North Carolina

Illegal

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North Dakota

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Northern Marianas Islands

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Ohio

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Oklahoma

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Oregon

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Pennsylvania

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Puerto Rico

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Rhode Island

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South Carolina

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South Dakota

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Tennessee

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Texas

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Utah

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Vermont

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Tennessee

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Virgin Islands

Illegal

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Washington

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West Virginia

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Wisconsin

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Wyoming

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See also

  • Human–animal marriage
  • Legal status of internet [...]
  • [...] norm
  • Social norm
  • Sodomy laws in the United States
  • Zoophilia