Sexual practices of homosexuals were prohibited and punished in all states of the USA with fines and, often, with jail. Illinois was the first state that, in the context of a recast of the Criminal Code, revoked the sodomy law in 1962. After the emergence of the gay movement, several other states followed in the 1970s: Connecticut (1971), Colorado, Oregon ( 1972), Delaware, Hawaii (1973), Massachusetts, Ohio (1974), New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota (1975), California, Maine, Washington, West Virginia (1976), Indiana, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming (1977), Iowa, Nebraska (1978) and New Jersey (1979). It was almost always the legislature that revoked the laws; Only in Massachusetts was the change made by a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Answer: Senators opposed the idea of Julius Caesar becoming the leader after Crassus died as they favored having an election for a new leader, because they thought that Caesar was dangerous.
Eleanor Roosevelt was the former first lady of the United States of America. She was an activist, politicalfigure, diplomat, and influential.
<h3>Why did Eleanor Roosevelt fight for the rights of the underdog?</h3>
The former first lady fought for the expanded roles of women in the workplace, the civil rights for Asian and African Americans, and the rights for the refugees of World War II.
She fought for the underdogs, for the people who did not have social status, equality, and were prosecuted wrongly.
False. The convention serves two purposes. 1. the candidate is not formally the party's candidate until they are voted on at the convention and technically someone else can be voted in at the convention. 2. It is a time to get everyone excited as the road into the primary and then the general election begins. There are lots of rousing speeches and other entertainment to get everyone energized. It is also a fundraising opportunity for the party.
Initially, the public had a positive opinion of Marie Antoinette. Her disposition and beauty easily enraptured the people. However her position on the good side of the people became precarious with the many years spent waiting for the queen to produce an heir.