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Orangutan Granted Legal Personhood, Moves to Florida, Becomes Florida Woman
Newsweek ^ | 11/7/2019 | Malika Malaea

Posted on 11/08/2019 8:50:19 PM PST by simpson96

An orangutan who was granted legal personhood in a landmark 2015 ruling has moved into the Center for Great Apes in central Florida.

Judge Elena Liberatori's ruling declared that Sandra was legally not an animal, but a non-human person. That meant the orangutan was entitled to some legal rights enjoyed by humans, plus better living conditions, reports The Miami Herald.

"With that ruling I wanted to tell society something new, that animals are sentient beings and that the first right they have is our obligation to respect them," Liberatori said.

The 2015 ruling came after animal rights campaigners filed a habeas corpus petition—a document more typically used to challenge the legality of a person's detention or imprisonment—on behalf of the orangutan.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


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KEYWORDS: habeaskingkongcorpus; habeaskinguskongus; qanon
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To: simpson96; All

Probably connected to Arcus Foundation, a REALLY freaky-deaky nonprofit that promotes LGBT and great apes rights, founded by Jon Stryker.
The judge sounds like a fawning supporter.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcus_Foundation


41 posted on 11/09/2019 2:50:23 AM PST by mumblypeg
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To: simpson96

“Gorilla You’re A Desperado” - Warren Zevon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4mFg0JJNdE


42 posted on 11/09/2019 4:13:01 AM PST by JennysCool
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To: simpson96
legally not an animal, but a non-human person

In other words, a Democrat NPC voter.

43 posted on 11/09/2019 4:57:33 AM PST by Hardastarboard (Three most annoying words on the internet - "Watch the video")
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To: simpson96

I have yet to see a female judge with consistent, Constitutional rulings over an extended period of time. There may be 2-3 out there, but the other 10,000+ sure are making them look bad.


44 posted on 11/09/2019 5:01:59 AM PST by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: simpson96
"With that ruling I wanted

Strange how it's not "what the legal system requires", but "what I want"

to tell society something new,

And an editorial in the local paper couldn't do that? You had to abuse your power?

the first right they have is our obligation to respect them

The vast majority of humans have respected animals since the dawn of time, without ever having to give them some special legal status.

45 posted on 11/09/2019 5:05:51 AM PST by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: simpson96

I didn’t know the Obamas had divorced. So sad.


46 posted on 11/09/2019 5:08:16 AM PST by nesnah (Liberals - the petulant children of politics)
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To: simpson96

Send her to the sketchier parts of Daytona Beach. That way, when she starts to jump up and down, shriek, and throw her own poo, she’ll fit right in!


47 posted on 11/09/2019 5:23:13 AM PST by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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a non-human person

This judge must have slept through Logic class. "Person" is, by definition, a "human," making "non-human person" a contradiction in terms. It's like saying "dehydrated water."

Look up the phrase sine qua non, dingus. Then look through the want ads for another job.

48 posted on 11/09/2019 6:23:22 AM PST by IronJack
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To: JennysCool

I miss Warren. I can’t just listen to one song; I have to queue up a collection . . .


49 posted on 11/09/2019 11:51:44 AM PST by BraveMan
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That is good. I had to see if there is Florida-woman :

Example:
"Florida woman marries a Ferris wheel"
"Florida Woman Hired Woman To Be A Surrogate, Tried To Impregnate Her Daily, Then Forced Her To Work At Various Businesses"
"Florida Woman Prepares For Hurricane Dorian, Wraps Home In Plastic Bags And Duct Tape"
"Florida woman lives in hotel rooms behind the mirrors"
I had to check this one out:
https://www.reddit.com/r/LetsNotMeet/comments/ael5nr/florida_woman_crawled_out_of_my_hotel_mirror_to/

Some should be removed from the list though it gives you an idea it's not just Florida-man

https://www.reddit.com/r/floridawoman/

50 posted on 11/09/2019 4:13:17 PM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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wow. The hotel mirror... yikes!


51 posted on 11/09/2019 7:01:11 PM PST by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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