From the Sun-Sentinel of Fort Lauderdale, Smitty's former employer, comes this little piece this morning. Seems Florida is one of 16 states that does not outlaw bestiality (which raises the following two questions: 1) what are the other 15, and 2) why not?), and one of our state senators feels now is the appropriate time to do so, what with economic collapse looming on the sunny Florida horizon. While I question the timing I won't argue about the decision to outlaw it.
But the bill had to include certain items so that, for example, artificially inseminating a cow (Florida has a large cattle industry) doesn't fall afoul of the law. Fair enough. In committee the clauses relating to such things were described as referring to "veterinary practices" and "animal husbandry." Nothing wrong with that.
Unless you're Senator Larcenia Bullard of Miami, who clearly never spent a weekend on the farm growing up.
Upon hearing that the law designed to prevent bestiality made allowance for the practices of animal husbandry, Bullard asked, "People are taking animals as their husbands?"
Your elected officials. Saving you from... um... we'll get back to you on that.
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Okay. I had to think about closing my office door. That's hilarious. I'm just glad it wasn't SC. Though here it probably wouldn't have even made the paper. Now I want to know the other states though, just to see where they are. I wonder if it's one of those things that they never had a problem with so they never outlawed it, or if it's just more accepted and swept under the rug.
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