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Originally posted by FlyersFan
** thats the title of the article ... not my title.
Senate approves bill legalizes sodomy and bestiality in US military
The Senate on Thursday evening voted 93-7 to approve a defense authorization bill that includes a provision which not only repeals the military law on sodomy, it also repeals the military ban on sex with animals--or bestiality.
On Nov. 15, the Senate Armed Services Committee had unanimously approved S. 1867, the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes a provision to repeal Article 125 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).
Article 125 of the UCMJ makes it illegal to engage in both sodomy with humans and sex with animals.
Didn't see this discussed elsewhere.
If it's already up .. please disregard.
So is this for real?? I understand the repreal of the 'sodomy' thing. It's about time. Long overdue as far as I'm concerned. But approval of bestiality?? Did the senate really open up approval of that? Isn't bestiality animal cruelty? I googled and couldn't find anything on this ...
edit on 12/3/2011 by FlyersFan because: edited to say that's the title of the article - not my title.
''A human who is swiftly killed does not feel much pain. Having sex with a human, on the other hand, may be stressful and even painful for the person, depending on the consequences, and may look more like rape.''
So, according to your argument, murdering and cannibalising someone is ''justifiable'', yet statutory rape is not.
Very peculiar.
Is killing and eating sentient mammals, when other more ethical food sources are freely available, ''important for society'' ?
Are horse racing and greyhound racing ''important for society'' ? Is it ''important for society'' to enslave animals in zoos and aquariums ? I guess that keeping birds, rodents, snakes, fish and lizards in constrictive and claustrophobic cages/tanks is not ''important for society'' ?
An ''element'' of Moral Outrage ?! Are you serious ?! The only reason why bestiality is illegal, is because of disgust and revulsion at the perpetrator of the act, rather than compassion towards the animal. That is pretty much the definition of Moral Outrage.
Originally posted by Maslo
Maybe you should stop comparing humans and animals in this way, society is deeply specieist.
Originally posted by Maslo
In humans, it is the act of depriving a human being of life that is considered immoral, in addition to suffering. In animals, it is the suffering of an animal that is widely considered immoral, not necessarily end of its life.
Originally posted by Maslo
Which is why there are lots of criminal laws against animal cruelty, but none against the act of killing of an animal itself.
Originally posted by Maslo
It sure as hell is considered more important than sex with animals, or animal cruelty.
Originally posted by Maslo
Yes, both more important, and less cruel. I am also sure lots of people, me included, favor ban on constrictive or claustrofobic cages and regulations on animal racing etc.
Originally posted by Maslo
I disagree. There surely is a strong element of genuine concern for animal welfare, not only moral outrage.
While I've never been attracted to an animal I also don't see thepoint in making it illegal. We can kill and eat them, we can test them with drugs and pharmaceuticals, we cantake their fur and hormones, so why can't we have sex with them. I can't imagine ever wanting to, but I. Don't see any logical reason to make it illegal.
Originally posted by Sherlock Holmes
Originally posted by Maslo
Maybe you should stop comparing humans and animals in this way, society is deeply specieist.
Er... I compared killing and eating a human to killing and eating an animal.
If - as you argue - that society is speciesist, then please provide a logical argument as to why it's wrong to commit statutory rape upon an animal, other than because of Moral Outrage at the human's actions in this business.
Originally posted by Godofgamblers
Liberalism IS a mental disorder.
Originally posted by Algernonsmouse
reply to post by Propulsion
Did you design the human body? I wonder how you get to dictate what functions certain body parts are only designed to do.
Tell me what is the human mouth designed for?