Because Fellatio and Sodomy Are Important, Too!

By Mick Dumdell

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I know that the title of my post is going to be controversial but I am not a person to shy away from controversy! The Supreme Court’s decision in  Obergefell v. Hodges was more that just a victory for human and civil rights, it was also a vindication for the physical acts of fellatio and sodomy! In fact, I hope the decision becomes known as Obergefellatio to underscore the importance of the elevation of fellatio and sodomy to their rightful place in human sexuality!

Throughout history, fellatio and sodomy have been treated like the poor red-headed stepchildren of sexuality, and not worthy to be considered as important as the so-called normal penile-vaginal interaction. Now I am not going to go into all the different legal, medical, and physical definitions of fellatio and sodomy. Those have changed over time, and fellatio was often linked into the definition of sodomy in various state criminal statutes. But we are all adults here, and we know what the words mean, and what acts are included.

Some may wonder why I am writing this at all. It is because the denigration of those physical acts were used to stigmatize and denigrate gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgenders, and queers. Those who wished to impose their puritanical missionary-position sex on gays, used the criminal prohibition of those physical acts to accomplish their end. If they could not stop the emotional love between two men, then they would stop the manifestation of that love through physical acts.

Imagine the impact upon heterosexual love if a man and a woman were subject to criminal sanctions for penile-vaginal sex! Yes John, you can love Mary; and yes Mary, you can love John; but no penises and no vaginas, please! Or we will arrest you, and imprison you!  There would be no Romeo and Juliet, no Heloise and Abelard, no Tristan and Isolde, and no Frankie and Johnny!

And just how long is John and Mary’s love going to last under those conditions?  Not very long! Well, that is what the heterosexual fascists have done for millenniums to the LGBTQ community. Then, they have the gall to complain that gays engage in short term relationships! How dare they!

They claimed that it was the importance of the procreative function which underlay those concerns, and that fellatio and sodomy don’t produce babies. But lots of things don’t produce babies, and they aren’t banned! Bowling doesn’t produce babies, but that is legal! Riding a bicycle doesn’t produce babies, but that is legal! Philately (stamp collecting) doesn’t produce babies, but that is legal!

The Supreme Court struck a great blow in defense of civil rights and love, but let us not forget that they also struck a great blow for, well. . . blowing! It’s earthy! It’s raw.  It’s “in your face!” But let’s just come right out and say it! Fellatio and sodomy are now just as important to humanity as penile-vaginal intercourse!

Yours very truly,

Mick “Spin” Dumdell