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Netherlands may ban bestiality (Where we're headed?)
Agence France-Presse ^
| April 6, 2004
| From correspondents in The Hague
Posted on 04/06/2004 8:30:08 AM PDT by presidio9
DUTCH Agriculture Minister Cees Veerman has told parliament that he is planning a formal ban on sexual relations with animals to protect the rights of pets and livestock.
He was responding to the complaints of several lawmakers, who were outraged that a man accused of raping horses walked free on the grounds that the animals had not physically suffered from the rape.
"I am considering a change to the current law to make all forms of bestiality illegal," Veerman said in a letter to Parliament, adding he hoped to have a draft measure ready within months.
A group of parliamentarians had argued in a letter to the minister that sex with animals was a "violation of their physical integrity", considering that the creatures were unable to give or withhold their consent.
Current Dutch health law lists some treatment of animals as punishable offenses, such as castrating one's own cat or using a dog for forced labour, but does not mention sexual intercourse.
TOPICS: Announcements; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bestiality; netherlands; neverland; samespeciesmarriage; sexualorientation
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http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2003/10/04/in_netherlands_gay_marriage_becomes_routine/
In Netherlands, gay marriage becomes routine By Keith B. Richburg, Washington Post, 10/4/2003
AMSTERDAM -- Dolf Pasker and Gert Kasteel are like any other married couple two years on, settling into the mundane routine of daily life together. They finish each other's sentences. They laugh at each other's jokes. When one goes to make the coffee, the other playfully teases about whose job it is to work in the kitchen. The only thing that makes their marriage unusual is they are both men. (excerpted)
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04/06/2004 8:30:09 AM PDT
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presidio9
To: CholeraJoe; dubyaismypresident; hobbes1
i don't know why, but you three all came to mind, immediately....
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04/06/2004 8:31:06 AM PDT
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04/06/2004 8:33:09 AM PDT
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To: presidio9
How do they know that horse was raped?
Maybe the horse was dressed provocatively.
Maybe the horse was some kind of slut.
Maybe the horse wanted it.
This is simply a case of he said, it said.
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posted on
04/06/2004 8:36:32 AM PDT
by
Seeking the truth
(Get your Freep Stuff at www.0cents.com!)
To: farmfriend
ping
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posted on
04/06/2004 8:40:12 AM PDT
by
presidio9
(the left is turning antisemitism into the new homophobia)
To: presidio9
Related article? =D
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1112335/posts
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posted on
04/06/2004 8:42:32 AM PDT
by
TheBigB
(Why yes, I AM the bomb-diggedy! Thanks for asking!)
To: Seeking the truth
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posted on
04/06/2004 8:42:40 AM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us)
To: dakine
I wonder if this applies to sheep.....
To: presidio9; Carry_Okie; forester; sasquatch; B4Ranch; SierraWasp; hedgetrimmer; knews_hound; ...
Short list.
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posted on
04/06/2004 8:42:54 AM PDT
by
farmfriend
( Isaiah 55:10,11)
To: Seeking the truth
Sweden reported 27 cases of animal sexual abuse by their owners, as the owners bring their pets to the vet for treatment. These are sick people!
To: farmfriend
BTTT!!!!!!
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posted on
04/06/2004 8:43:40 AM PDT
by
E.G.C.
To: presidio9
But, but, what if they are truly, and, I mean truly in love?
Hey, the neocommunist America-haters are backing all sorts of other freaks and weirdos. And, there are some really, really ugly woman who probably can't do much better than a collie.
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posted on
04/06/2004 8:44:42 AM PDT
by
Tacis
To: presidio9
There was a young lady from Exeter
And all the young men threw their sex at her
Just to be rude
She lay in the nude
While her parrot, a pervert, took pecks at her.
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posted on
04/06/2004 8:46:47 AM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Enjoy every sandwich)
To: presidio9
This is just another example of the Religious Right trying to impose it's veiws on the rest of us. Some of us are born white, some of us are born black. Some of us are born gay, some of us are born straight. Some of us are born predisposed to sex with humans while others are predisposed to sex with animals. I am tired of all the homophobes and animalphobes trying to change us! Ok, I'm done ranting. Me and my sister are going back to bed now.
/sarcasm off
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posted on
04/06/2004 8:48:20 AM PDT
by
birdsman
To: presidio9
Here's a wake-up call. 22 States in the good old USA have no laws against bestiality. I'll bet most folks didn't know that.
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posted on
04/06/2004 8:55:14 AM PDT
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: All
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posted on
04/06/2004 8:56:47 AM PDT
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: MineralMan
Sheep raising states?
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posted on
04/06/2004 8:59:11 AM PDT
by
cynicom
To: cynicom
BAAAAAA (from Utah)
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posted on
04/06/2004 9:06:31 AM PDT
by
Lokibob
(All typos and spelling errors are mine and copyrighted!!!!)
To: Diogenesis
I love the non-sequitor "OJ Interview" on the bottom right!
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posted on
04/06/2004 9:06:38 AM PDT
by
presidio9
("There are no mistakes -- only Happy Accidents." -Bob Ross)
To: presidio9
As long as they're not discriminating against homobestiality, I got no problem with it.
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posted on
04/06/2004 9:08:03 AM PDT
by
Agnes Heep
(Solus cum sola non cogitabuntur orare pater noster)
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