crimes against nature

Archaic morality laws

Crimes against nature is a legal term for sexual acts considered unnatural, historically covering sodomy, bestiality, and oral sex.

The phrase reflects older moral frameworks that classified certain consensual acts as criminal.

Most such laws have been struck down or repealed in Western countries, though the term persists in some legal codes: He was charged with crimes against nature.

animal crueltyMistreatment of beasts
factory farmingIntensive livestock production system
illegal huntingUnlicensed taking of wildlife
species extinctionPermanent end of a lineage
pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste

toxic dumping · perversion · indecency · overfishing · obscenity · deforestation · sodomy · poaching · buggery · oil spills · overhunting · habitat destruction · endangered species · bestiality · carnal knowledge · water contamination · immorality · moral turpitude

Opposites

moral/legal status

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Spouses' physical union

marital relations · marital duties · civil rights · human rights · holy matrimony

naturalness framing

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Inherent moral principles

natural order · biological imperative

religious/traditional judgment

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Sacred rite of spousal union

sacred union · righteous acts · moral purity · chastity

Family

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