Dutch Politicians Want Bestiality Banned

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[Free ThinkerNY]

Dutch Politicians Want Bestiality Banned

Thu Mar 11, 8:13 AM ET

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Two Dutch political parties called Wednesday for laws prohibiting sex with animals after a man suspected of having sex with a pony was set free.

Wearing nothing but a T-shirt, the man was arrested by police in Utrecht Monday after the pony's owner caught him by surprise in his stable.

"He was caught in the stable, busy with the pony, and was arrested for animal mistreatment," Mary Hallebeek, a prosecution spokeswoman said.

The prosecutor set him free because there was no evidence of a crime. Dutch law does not prohibit bestiality.

"There were no wounds or traces of violence. The man may have had sex with the animal, but there is no article in law which says this is liable to punishment," Hallebeek said.

Both List Pim Fortuyn and the Socialist Party called for an amendment to the penal code to make bestiality punishable.

"Sex with an animal is a far-reaching infringement of its physical integrity and the animal can never consent to it. It is pure maltreatment and should therefore be punishable," LPF member Joost Eerdmans said in parliament.

[Sister_T]

And there are people here in this nation who think the U.S. should become more like Europe in terms of sexuality. Eeeeuuu! No thanks!

[ladtx]

Slippery slope time again, if they're not careful they'll want to ban gay marriages.

[Crazieman]

Hmm

Animal rights activists vs genetic societal disorder apologists.

[SolutionsOnly]

Could be a hard sell.... remember, we're talking about 'enlightened' Scandinavia here

[robertpaulsen]

"No, no -- when we said we "used the pony" we meant we rode him to the whorehouse in town."

Old joke.

[JustPlainJoe]

...and Moses VanWeerham said "Let my Sheepies go!"

[JustPlainJoe]

...and Moses VanWeerhamen said "Let my Sheepies go!"

[JustPlainJoe]

...and Moses VanWeerhamen said "Let my Sheepies go!"

[Bigg Red]

Wearing nothing but a T-shirt, the man was arrested by police in Utrecht Monday after the pony's owner caught him by surprise in his stable.

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Can anyone account for Bill Clinton's whereabouts this week?

[bobo1]

You prude,

He should be allowed to marry the pony. Shouldn't let your religious beliefs get in the way of true love.

It is rather obvious to me that you are equinephobe and a bigot. If someone wants to have sex with a pony, donkey(yech), sheep, dog, cat, mouse, or God forbid a 'Rat, who are you to judge?

Give it a rest, those who have no moral foundation can celebrate any perversion and declare you to be the violater of their rights.

Blessings, Bobo

[Old Professer]

I took the liberty of changing this quote slightly:

Riding on the back of an animal is a far-reaching infringement of its physical integrity and the animal can never consent to it. It is pure maltreatment and should therefore be punishable," LPF member Joost Eerdmans said in parliament.

Sounds reasonable.

[jwalsh07]

See, everybody draws lines.

[Peter J. Huss]

Could be a hard sell.... remember, we're talking about 'enlightened' Scandinavia here.
We are?

[mrtysmm]

Is this the next thing we have to be wary about? Wasn't this one of the concerns after that infamous Supreme court decision? I shudder to think where all this is heading.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

[SolutionsOnly]

well, ok you got me. I suppose one could argue about the Netherlands being Scandianvia. It's not. For some reason I thought Copenhagen instead of Amsterdam (both are pretty loose)

[JmyBryan]

NAMPLA anyone?

[joesnuffy]

yes bad things result from such practices...
It gave the world.. Bill and Hitlery for example...

[Savage Beast]

Oh Eerdmans is just an old stick-in-the-mud (so to speak). A pony can always say, "Naaaaaaaaaaaay," and Eerdmans has no way of knowing whether she liked it or not.

Anyway, the Dutch have far more urgent problems than transspecies marriag...uh...relati...er... What do you call those legal agreements?