Disregarding the conventional psychological ideas of the day, the committee recommended that "homosexual behavior between consenting adults in private should no longer be a criminal offence". This led to the passage of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act[?], which replaced the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act[?] that was the previous law on homosexuality. It's publication was a turning point in the legalization of homosexuality in Western countries. Many Western cultures have now legalized homosexuality and homosexual acts, although the sodomy laws of several states in the United States remain an obvious exception to this trend.
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