Posted on 01/04/2008 4:50:48 AM PST by nin_kasi
After a goat was raped and killed in a Panhandle town, animal activists, police and citizens were almost as shocked to find out that bestiality isn't a crime in Florida.
But it might be soon.
A Sunrise state senator and a St. Petersburg representative have filed legislation to make it a first-degree felony to have sex with animals or promote or advertise bestiality.
''It's true. It's sick. There needs to be a law,'' said Democratic Sen. Nan Rich, a longtime crusader for children and animal rights. ``There are 30 states that make this a crime. Florida isn't one of them.''
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who called the situation ''unbelievable,'' said Thursday he would sign the bill into law if it made it to his desk.
Rich said she was as shocked as she was disgusted when she learned of the rape and asphyxiation last year of a family pet goat named Meg -- who was pregnant with twins -- in the town of Mossy Head in rural Walton County.
A suspect in the case, a 48-year-old man, is serving an 11-month, 29-day jail sentence on animal-theft charges in connection with the attempted abduction of another goat in a separate case, according to Walton County Assistant State Attorney James Parker.
Parker said he couldn't prosecute the suspect in the death of Meg because DNA samples taken with a sheriff's office rape kit were inconclusive.
Parker said he asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement last week to retest the evidence.
But even if there's a DNA match, Parker said the suspect could only be charged with misdemeanor trespassing and animal cruelty, a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in prison.
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
They did a rape kit on a goat??!!!??!!
I was home at the time!
HE HAS BEEN LOCATED!!!!!!!
OBL is hiding in FL.
Carolyn
This is not a new discovery. In 2005 a blind man had “sex” with his guide dog. Being progressive these days means that everyone should have sexual freedom to worship at the alter of insanity. NAMBLA of SanFrancisco is an example of the twisted mentality that pervades our society. We as conservatives are not to speak of it as insanity. We should accept it as privacy rights. I’m wondering if the guy has anal intercourse with the goat in the privacy of his own bedroom does he have a protected right of privacy?
It seems we here in Florida have more then our share of nutjobs, perverts and democrats.
In the "good old days" he would have spent that long cleaning the tar and feathers off himself.
Goats are people too, you know. This law would be racist against goat lovers. But the homosexual lobby will just call these guys “Goat Breeders” and really not assist in their defense. Now if it was male goats, that’s a different story though.
It’s genetic, you know. Some people just like goats. And how does that hurt anyone? How do we know the goats don’t enjoy it? And if the goat agrees, why is that a bad thing?
Note the logic.
As my Father said “ you can’t legislate morality” does not stop pols from trying
Don't feel bad. They move there from Massachusetts.
I did not have sex with that goat. Those allegations are false.
One shirt depicts a goat saying ``Baaa Means No!''
You just cannot make this stuff up without chemicals.
Just how do you propose to accomplish this high minded goal? I'm not for government regulation to make the earth green when 2/3 of the earth outside the continental United States is being polluted by other countries and all our press complains about is how America is the reason for global warming and we pass laws that prohibit heavy industry from operating efficiently and at low cost; consequently, we now have to relay on a communist country for material and supplies to fight our wars against them.
I agree that one cannot legislate morality, but we can and should punish crime. You start castrating the man who rapes goats and you can be assured that won't happen again with that guy. But, no, we are too good a country to pass such archaic laws. We need to adopt the standards set by our European more enlightened countries like in the Netherlands where whores sit in store windows and is perfectly acceptable. That's what happens when you let society solve morality on its own. Perhaps in sunday school you might start teaching your children about morality, but after being exposed to the freaks in San Francisco, they will be ready to commit suicide.
That's one of the best lines I've read in a long time. Not only insightful but cleaver.
That's redundant.
I think in FL, someone having sex with animals is charged with animal abuse. But it is hard to imagine that there isn’t an actual law against it.
The Sex Positive Agenda seeks to end all moral judgments over sexual pairings regardless of sex, age, relation, marital status, number, or species of partner(s).
Rape implies lack of consent. Since a goat isn't human, and can't speak, it can't consent or deny consent. Besides, who are the multi-cultis to deny this man his religious ritual, as long as he's not a Christian (that would be my defense if I were his lawyer).
One final thought - I wonder what this high-minded Senator Rich thought of Bill Clinton's behavior toward Juanita Broderick?
If Europe had a libertarian country, trust me, I’d know and probably already be there. But alas, economic issues are just as important to me as social and political issues, so I’ll be staying here, where the type of legislation I support has the best chance of passing.
Did he kill the goat to keep it from testifying.
>>This is not a new discovery. In 2005 a blind man had “sex” with his guide dog. Being progressive these days means that everyone should have sexual freedom to worship at the alter of insanity. NAMBLA of SanFrancisco is an example of the twisted mentality that pervades our society. We as conservatives are not to speak of it as insanity. We should accept it as privacy rights. I’m wondering if the guy has anal intercourse with the goat in the privacy of his own bedroom does he have a protected right of privacy?<<
No, at least he should not be protected by the right to privacy.
The proper standard for sex is consent. Animals, like children cannot form and give proper consent.
Making the act itself illegal, maybe, but I don’t think we need a law for everything.
But “promote or advertise”, as disgusting as it may be to conservatives, I think comes under the first amendment.
Beastiality is a sin, but it is a sin a human commits against himself. In recent years, PETA types have become outspoken against beastiality but they call it rape. In PETA’s world, milking a cow is considered molestation. (Seriously).
Apparently If you own the goat it's OK?
And that seems to be the agenda of PETA, to elevate the status of animals and thereby lower humans. Of course doing this completely denies God, which I think is the real aim here.
So... was the goat pregnant with half-goat half-man twins? Too bad the Weekly World News is out of print.
“One shirt depicts a goat saying ‘Baaa Means No!’”
LOL!
synonyms...
Was Bubba in town campaigning for Hildebeast?
"sex positive agenda", I know you are using the term because it is what 'they' say. How nice a phrase. So innocuous and innocent. Today I read a comment from a bright poster who gave the title of "Goat Breeders" (in jest) to the perverts who, beyond comprehension, given the possible alternatives, choose animals to have sex.
libertarianism is good, but too much of a good thing can be bad.
My question was rhetorical in that the answer should be obvious to a sane person. I am coming to understand the true meaning of political correctness. I recommend the book While Europe Slept by Bruce Bawer, a gay author who surprised me with his grasp of the social and political agenda in Europe and soon to come to a theater near you here in America. We are already seeing the coming attractions.
A good goat will do that.
It’s true. Thar hain’t no law agin it. Thar otter be a law. Fact is thar otter be a spessial Department of Goat....err....Ropin’. We could have somes Swat teams and everthing. Maybe some of them decoy goats we could put aside the road. They could be nearly nekked, maybe just a tight wool sweater or sumpin’. Less git them preverts afore they start on cows.
That T-shirt graphic...LOL!
>>My question was rhetorical in that the answer should be obvious to a sane person. I am coming to understand the true meaning of political correctness. I recommend the book While Europe Slept by Bruce Bawer, a gay author who surprised me with his grasp of the social and political agenda in Europe and soon to come to a theater near you here in America. We are already seeing the coming attractions.<<
I’m sorry I didn’t catch that the question was rhetorical. I know other people who would ask that as a serious question.
I looked up While Europe Slept - looks interesting. I’ll check it out at the library, thanks.
Forgive my blundering English phraseology.
>>BTW, I did not mean to imply that you are not a sane person. I recognized that you understood the answer well. I just wanted you to know I also knew the answer even though I posed it as a question.<<
I didn’t take it that way but thanks for the clarification.
On re-reading your post was perfectly clear and I misread.
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