By Chris Hoenig
A Baton Rouge, La., sheriff has apologized after 12 men were arrested in a sting operation that appeared to target the LGBT community using a law already declared unconstitutional.
The men were arrested at a local park after discussing or agreeing to have sex with undercover investigators, usually at a private residence nearby. Even though none of the agreements involved paying for sex, the deputies arrested the men, citing a two-centuries-old anti-sodomy law targeting same-gender couples—the type of ban the Supreme Court ruled illegal in 2003, exactly 10 years to the day before its rulings on DOMA and Prop 8.
