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An exception to this trend is the United States of America, as illustrated by the judgment of the Supreme Court in Bowers v Hardwick. In this case, a sharply divided Court, by a majority of five to four, declared itself unpersuaded that the sodomy laws of some 25 states should be invalidated.

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