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Lawyers for donkey-sex suspect challenge law's constitutionality
The Gainesville Sun ^ | December 11, 2012 | Vishal Persaud

Posted on 12/13/2012 6:42:24 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

OCALA - Lawyers representing a Marion County man accused of sexual activity with a miniature donkey have filed a motion asking a judge to declare the Florida statute banning sexual activities with animals unconstitutional.

Carlos R. Romero, 32, declared last week that he wanted to take his case to trial. He is accused of sexual activities involving animals, a first-degree misdemeanor, after he allegedly was found in a compromising position in August with a female miniature donkey named Doodle.

In the motion filed in Marion County court on Dec. 6, the assistant public defenders handling Romero's case — Joshua Wyatt, Scott Schmidt and Joshua Lukman — wrote that the statute infringes upon Romero's due process rights and violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment in the U.S. Constitution.

The statute's designated punishment for a first-degree misdemeanor conviction, a year in county jail, also constitutes cruel and unusual punishment and is excessive, the attorneys wrote.

Romero previously rejected the State Attorney's Office plea offer of a year of probation, a $200 fine, a psychosexual evaluation and possible treatment, STD testing, no contact with children in a school setting, no ownership or possession of any mammals, and revocation of his license to work in horse racing.

Last week at a brief status conference, Romero confirmed that he wanted to take his case to trial. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday.

The attorneys claim that the statute deprives Romero of his "personal liberty and autonomy when it comes to private intimate activities."

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


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News; Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: 14thamendment; 8thamendment; bestiality; carlosromero; ocala; pervert; throwhimunderthejail; zoophilia
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1 posted on 12/13/2012 6:42:32 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Why are images of John Kerry’s Daughter popping into my head?


2 posted on 12/13/2012 6:44:25 PM PST by RandallFlagg ("Liberalism is about as progressive as CANCER" -Alfonzo Rachel)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Behold, the “slippery slope.”


3 posted on 12/13/2012 6:44:57 PM PST by LaybackLenny (Bibi Netanyahu: de facto "Leader of the Free World)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The guy made an ass of himself.

Oh well, at least it was a FEMALE miniature donkey.

4 posted on 12/13/2012 6:46:50 PM PST by Charles Henrickson
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Why does the song “Honky Tonk Ba Donkey Donk” keep running through my head?


5 posted on 12/13/2012 6:47:14 PM PST by wrench
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

He must have forgot that, like horses, donkeys carry tales .


6 posted on 12/13/2012 6:48:18 PM PST by sport
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

His lawyer is A jackass- that’s why he’s arguing that point


7 posted on 12/13/2012 6:50:50 PM PST by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
...he allegedly was found in a compromising position in August with a female miniature donkey named Doodle.

"Your Honor, he's a dreadfully dumb defendant, but he deserves due process and he didn't diddle Doodle."

"Dismissed."

8 posted on 12/13/2012 6:53:43 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

The Constitutional Right to Diddle Doodle. (Article LXIX)


9 posted on 12/13/2012 6:54:11 PM PST by faithhopecharity (--)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; Allegra; big'ol_freeper; Lil'freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; ...
Re: The donkey or ass, Equus africanus asinus, is a domesticated member of the Equidae or horse family.

Well, since Gay Marriage is now a dead certain lock, if a guy wishes to sleep with his miniature ass... who am I to object?

10 posted on 12/13/2012 6:54:33 PM PST by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
So the lawyer's response to his client's desire to have intimate relations with a donkey named Doodle was basically this:

Cock a Doodle? Do!

Mouse over to read.

11 posted on 12/13/2012 6:54:48 PM PST by Tanniker Smith (Rome didn't fall in a day, either.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Carlos and his Little Donkey. Coming soon to elementary school libraries near you. Right next to Heather Has Two Mommies. Gotta teach the little kiddies about the “Un-Constitution” don’t ya know.


12 posted on 12/13/2012 6:55:07 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (I feel sad for my once great country. We deserve everything that is about to happen to us.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
no ownership or possession of any mammals

He's still got chickens...

/johnny

13 posted on 12/13/2012 6:58:43 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

The lawyer will probably cut and paste every argument in favor of gay “marriage” and gay sex education in schools, changing just a few words to fit his client’s tastes. Morally, I have trouble seeing any difference between this guy’s hobby and Barney Frank’s personal life - both deserve exactly the same social acceptance. Sadly, it wouldn’t surprise me if the far left went all out in favor of this guy’s alleged right to love how he chooses.


14 posted on 12/13/2012 7:02:38 PM PST by Pollster1 (Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Tanniker Smith

Ha ha!


15 posted on 12/13/2012 7:08:54 PM PST by Flick Lives (We're going to be just like the old Soviet Union, but with free cell phones!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

K’Noodling Doodles.

Now known as Doodling!

When asked by the media what it was like, Doodles said:

“It was no big thing!”


16 posted on 12/13/2012 7:13:00 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Did anyone on this forum NOT see this coming. Shame on any culture that permits this depravity to gain a foothold on the path to not only acquiescence but normality
17 posted on 12/13/2012 7:13:31 PM PST by Cyman
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To: Bender2

Re#10: At least Obie will never have to worry about sleeping with a “miniature ass”.


18 posted on 12/13/2012 7:14:04 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: FlingWingFlyer
Carlos and his Little Donkey. Coming soon to elementary school libraries near you.

So funny... and so sad!

19 posted on 12/13/2012 7:18:13 PM PST by Former Fetus (Saved by grace through faith)
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To: Former Fetus
Not too many years ago, a person with a good grip on reality would have laughed at this guy for being an aberrant freak..

Today, that same person will cringe knowing that a new court precedent will likely be set.

20 posted on 12/13/2012 7:22:44 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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