Hong Kong Court Strikes Down Sodomy Law

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The Hong Kong government lost an appeal Wednesday of a High Court ruling against a law that says men younger than 21 who engage in sodomy should be jailed for life.

A panel of three Court of Appeal judges upheld the original decision issued by the lower court in August, 2005, the court's ruling said.

The laws were first challenged by William Roy Leung, a then 20-year-old gay man who argued he should be able to have a loving relationship without the fear of imprisonment.

In last August's ruling, High Court Judge Michael Hartmann sided with Mr. Leung, saying the laws against sodomy infringed on the rights of privacy and equality for gay men.