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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in the U.S. state of Missouri face some legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Same-sex sexual activity is legal in Missouri. Missouri recognizes same-sex marriages. A state court ruling striking down Missouri's same-sex marriage ban ordered the City of St. Louis to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. St. Louis County and Jackson County also issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. On June 26, 2015, the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in ''Obergefell v. Hodges'' invalidated the denial of marriage rights to same-sex couples, including Missouri's. ==Law regarding same-sex sexual activity== Until 2006, Missouri law defined "deviate sexual intercourse" as "any act involving the genitals of one person and the hand, mouth, tongue, or anus of another person or a sexual act involving the penetration, however slight, of the male or female sex organ or the anus by a finger, instrument or object done for the purpose of arousing or gratifying the sexual desire of any person." Missouri criminalized having "deviate sexual intercourse with another person of the same sex" as "Sexual Misconduct in the First Degree."〔(House Bill 1698, Mo. Gen. Assembly (Reg. Sess 2006) ), accessed April 14, 2011〕 In 1986, the Supreme Court of Missouri upheld the constitutionality of this prohibition in ''State v. Walsh''.〔Google Scholar: (''State v. Walsh'', 713 S.W.2d 508 (Mo. banc 1986) ), accessed April 14, 2011〕 When the U.S. Supreme Court's 2003 decision in ''Lawrence v. Texas'' rendered laws banning consensual sexual activity unenforceable, Missouri was one of only 4 states that criminalized only homosexual sodomy.〔''New York Times'': ("Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Law Banning Sodomy," June 26, 2003 ), access April 14, 2011〕 In 2006, Missouri removed consensual sodomy from its definition of "Sexual Misconduct in the First Degree."〔〔Missouri General Assembly: (Mo. Rev. Stat 566.090 (Supp. 2010) )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「LGBT rights in Missouri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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