Todd Stephens, a Republican who also introduced the bill, said. “This bill provides a long-overdue update to our crimes code to ensure nobody is prosecuted because of who they love,” state Rep. Supporters say said the word doesn’t belong since being gay isn’t a crime, according to The Associated Press. Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives unanimously voted to strike the word “homosexuality” from the state’s criminal code where it had been listed in the definition of prohibited sex acts.
