If You're Unconscious and Being Sodomized in Oklahoma, It's Not Rape (Video)

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 Okla. Court Rules Sodomy Is Not Rape if You're Unconscious
  The ruling by Oklahoma's Court of Appeals said state rape laws do not apply if the person sodomized is intoxicated or unconscious.
 
 Dawn Ennis 
          
          Apr 27, 2016
          
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The Advocate's news editor Dawn Ennis successfully transitioned from broadcast journalism to online media following another transition that made headlines; in 2013, she became the first trans staffer in any major TV network newsroom. As the first out transgender editor at The Advocate, the native New Yorker continues her 30-year media career, in which she has earned more than a dozen awards, including two Emmys. With the blessing of her three children, Dawn retains the most important job title she's ever held: Dad.
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Okla. Court Rules Sodomy Is Not Rape if You're Unconscious

The ruling by Oklahoma's Court of Appeals said state rape laws do not apply if the person sodomized is intoxicated or unconscious.

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