FL: Lawmakers fail to address a proposed law banning bestiality [View All]

Source: Miami Herald

LEGISLATURE
Push for Florida bestiality law goes 'back to square one'
Lawmakers fail to address a proposed law banning bestiality, worried about being accused of wasting time on an outrageous topic.

BY CRISTINA SILVA
Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau

TALLAHASSEE -- From every angle, a ban on bestiality, long pushed by state prosecutors and animal rights activists, seemed poised to finally become law this year, with Republicans and Democrats in both chambers of the Florida Legislature joining forces to push it through.

Yet it failed.

The inability to outlaw something so repugnant reveals how difficult it can be to get even the most carefully crafted, widely supported bill passed in the Florida Legislature.

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Lawmakers said they did not want to be accused of wasting time addressing a rare crime when Floridians needed them to help create jobs. They also did not want to debate the icky subject in public meetings occasionally frequented by children.



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