925. ARTICLE 125. SODOMY
10. Punitive Articles(a) Any person subject to this chapter who engages in unnatural carnal copulation with another person of the same or opposite sex or with an animal is guilty of sodomy. Penetration , however slight, is sufficient to complete the offense.
(b) Any person found guilty of sodomy shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
September 21st, 2011 on 2:08 pm
If Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell has been repealed, how can this rule still be enforced?
December 8th, 2011 on 4:05 am
Actually, it can’t be enforced and the new Defense bill passed recently fepaled it. Now soldiers can have sex with who or whatever they want.
February 29th, 2012 on 6:33 pm
Have to disagree with the comment “Now soldiers can have sex with who or whatever they want.”
PETA would disagree with you rather strongly in your assertion that copulation with animals is permitted as your statement impilies. (For once I’m in agreement with PETA??!!–now I know for sure the world is in the fast lane to hell).
June 25th, 2012 on 10:41 pm
in the case of rape or molestation
December 7th, 2011 on 1:19 am
According to this link: http://www.sldn.org/content/pages/the-uniform-code-of-military-justice-ucmj, the National Defense Authorization Act includes the removal of Article 125 from the UCMJ. As of December.1.2011, Senate approved the NDAA (93-7 votes). As long as President Obama does not veto the act, LGB service members will be free to their own will without NJP/Discharge worries.
December 8th, 2011 on 7:59 pm
Article 118(4) needs amending to match the new language of Article 125.
December 9th, 2011 on 5:07 pm
With the NEW Defense authorization bill, this whole section has been changed. If you doubt me check out page 174 of the new bill.
http://cnsnews.com/sites/default/files/documents/DEFENSE%20AUTHORIZATION-PAGE%20174.pdf
Compare what’s above with what the law NOW says.
December 15th, 2011 on 8:25 am
Article 125, as clarified by the Manual for Courts-Martial, makes fellatio, cunnilingus, and anal copulation – normal sexual practices for heterosexuals and, in part, for homosexuals – violations, indeed court-martial violations, of the UCMJ, effectively mandating, for persons subject to the UCMJ, vaginal copulation only for heterosexuals and no copulation for male homosexuals. Although the article isn’t, I’m sure, applied in the case of consenting adults, now fortunately including male homosexual adults, it’s nonetheless shocking to find such perverse language in a 21st century code of laws.
December 15th, 2011 on 5:21 pm
Actually, the recent HASC version struck repeal of this article. It’s provision is not related to DADT because regardless of who perpetrates or under what circumstances the act occurs it is reprehensible, unhealthy, unnatural, and uncivilized and thus should be illegal.
December 28th, 2011 on 7:33 pm
Wouldn’t it be great if our Politicans were to read the bill(s) they’re passing on the rest of us & not wait until its the law. ex.The Healthcare bill among others.
February 3rd, 2012 on 6:33 am
Really? Reprehensible? Unnatural? Simply, if you don’t like it, don’t do it. Humans are not the only animals on the planet that engage in homosexual sex nor the only ones that have oral and anal sex. As long as the participants are consenting, I don’t care if they want to shoot each other with hard-boiled eggs from a potato gun while swinging from a rope dressing Jell-O outfits. it doesn’t affect anyone else, let it be.
February 11th, 2012 on 9:06 am
This is still in The UCMJ. It was reinstalled. You can be gay, if you want. This remains for good reason. It is wrong for normal soldiers, as well. I question the political motivations for allowing openly gay people. It is clearly a health issue, as one of the reasons, as well as a moral issue. Just don’t do it.
February 14th, 2012 on 3:35 am
This code has not been repealed as a matter of law but cannot be charged to CONSENTING ADULTS which is the key. It CAN STILL be charged if the aforementioned sexual acts were committed during the commission of an otherwise unlawful act such as in addition to a rape or sexual conduct with a minor where the military has jurisdiction etc. This section is no longer applicable to consenting gay/bi/straight members of the military as long as it was under consenting circumstances excluding beastiality which there is no lawful “consent” defense. Just sayin’ to clarify that this is comparable to when the US Supreme Court overturned Texas sodomy laws a few years ago which effectively ended prosecution of homosexuals primarily for consensual acts. Peace officers can still charge sodomy or “crime against nature” laws when it involves children or non consensual sex.
March 21st, 2012 on 7:06 am
actually it can be enforced, even with the repeal of the dont ask dont tell. as a former corrections counselor i can honestly say that this law was being enforced for everyone for years straight or gay. i had wives and girlfriends who turned in their spouses and boyfriends for things they did in bed the night before. once they are arrested and charged it goes to the convening authority for a decision on whether it goes to court martial. every case i observed wound up in a conviction.
March 31st, 2012 on 4:54 pm
Goodbye sweet America. We are on our way to the punishment of Sodom and Gamora now that we as a nation officially approve sodomy
April 22nd, 2012 on 7:42 am
And GOATS too!!
April 30th, 2012 on 8:01 pm
This is rediculous! The government should not be allowed to regulate what goes on between consenting adults in the privacy of their own homes. What is so wrong about fellatio or cunnilingus? To call it a “crime against nature” is to tread dangerously close to religious dogma that was developed thousands of years ago which has no place in the governing body of the United States military.
June 25th, 2012 on 10:39 pm
Here is the deal! Forget Don’t Ask Don’t tell. This Article (125)sodomy still can be used or added to other charges if a soldier has rapped someone of age or underage a soldier. They will not totally do away with this article.
June 28th, 2012 on 11:41 pm
This is why I love being a veteran.
All the oral and anal that I want.
Funny, but I learned to be more of a freak during active duty. Sad as I was never given a UCMJ guide that would’ve spelled out what I couldn’t do.