It is my understanding that that provision has been struck. Am I mistaken? thx
What I remember being dropped in the House was the Senate provision legalizing sodomy and bestiality. Article 125 of the UCMJ says those acts are simply wrong, but the Senators could not allow that definition to stand after their repeal of DADT. SB 1867 substituted in Section 551(pages 131-149 on my PDF) myriad descriptive phrases such as “unlawful force”, “rendering unconscious”, “causing bodily harm”, “sexual contact”, “lack of consent”, and “place in fear”. The problem is all the new phraseology includes the word ”person”.
Now that issue should have had the people from PETA up in arms. The Army still has quite a few horses and the Naval Academy mascot is a goat. The first reactions by the military were hesitant references to “good order and discipline”. I am not sure that statement provided a lot of comfort to the animals pacing nervously in their stalls.
Looks like I need to find a later text of the bill. That has never been a fun activity for me. I think I have a site among my favorites, but interpreting its language seems to be a new experience for me each time.