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I just redirect this to 'anal sex', its only common meaning. It has occasionally been used otherwise, though. The way, the truth, and the light 14:36, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

When I followed a link to this redirect and thus to "Anal Sex," I was quite surprised. The section on Sodomy#Buggery is much more fitting, except that redirects can't point to anchors. I'm going to turn this into a stub copied from Sodomy#Buggery - I'm sure there's more to say about the law, and even if there isn't, the stub will be much less confusing than the other two forms. --Brilliand 15:15, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sound good, include links to both 'Sodomy' and 'Anal sex'. The way, the truth, and the light 15:17, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I checked my mind upon further research - there is already an article about the Buggery Act. I've made this a disambiguation page. --Brilliand 15:24, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Strike that, man I change my mind fast. I think the stub is better (mainly due to the large volume of internal links), but I don't see my way to including anal sex. It seems the term only fits as a form of sodomy. --Brilliand 15:30, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know what country you are from, but in the UK this term almost always means anal sex. In the US it's hardly used at all. So I think not including anal sex is not accurate (that's why I changed the redirect in the first place). The way, the truth, and the light 16:54, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see what improvement this stub is over the section Sodomy#Buggery. How do you envisage it growing into a larger article? Also, redirecting to subsections does now work; see m:Help:Section linking and redirects, itself an example. jnestorius^(talk) 21:41, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, under English law, buggery was two different offences - anal sex and sex with animals. The former has now been (largely) repealed, but sex with animals is still the offence of buggery. I will include an edit in the main article to this effect. --Legis (talk - contribs) 15:59, 26 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Anal sex is not considered a crime under English law, since homosexuality was legalised. Shouldn't this article make it clear that buggery is a crime when consent is not given by the other individual or the other individual is a child or animal?