Gov. Tom Wolf signed legislation earlier this month that decriminalized homosexuality in Pennsylvania. It was a law that some lawmakers didn't even know was on the books. HMonroeNews reports.
UPPER DARBY, Pa. — It is no longer a crime to be gay in Pennsylvania. Gov. Tom Wolf signed legislation earlier this month that decriminalized homosexuality in the state. It was a law that some lawmakers didn’t even know was on the books.
But that problem stretched much farther than Delco. Written into the state criminal code was a law that criminalized being gay, and then in the 1980s, Upper Darby included a statute of its own. Warsavage sits on the Upper Darby School Board and led the charge to remove homosexuality from the state’s and Upper Darby’s crime code.
State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta is a sponsor of the bill to repeal the statute. The Democrat is the first openly gay, Black man to be elected to the statehouse.“Being who you are, loving who you love is not a criminal offense and certainly should not be on our books,” Kenyatta said.