"Zoophiles argue that their relationships with their pets, or “partners”...

[BlandFood]

We nuked the wrong country. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...-1226524544281

They have been buggering sheep, dogs, cats and liberal immigrants far too long and it's about time it stopped! I wonder who if any in German politics will oppose? Yes, I know, Merkel makes one want to puke but a snake if you held it's head still????

[Baltimatt]

Hitler's fatherland was Austria.

[BlandFood]

Hitler's fatherland was Austria.

Well aware of his birthplace Matt but the truth is Germany was The Fatherland. Seems they're STILL nuts. I mean, what took them so long and why was it legal to begin with?

[Baltimatt]

It's not specifically illegal in several states of the U.S. The law is murky, and sometimes people can be charged under cruelty to animals or other such laws.

[BlandFood]

It's not specifically illegal in several states of the U.S. The law is murky, and sometimes people can be charged under cruelty to animals or other such laws.

Doubtful anyone could get away with it ANYWHERE, even in the Southside of Chicago.

[Baltimatt]

From 2005

A very disturbing story as a Seattle man has died following a bizarre case of bestiality. Detectives are investigating the possibility an Enumclaw farm was the base for a ring that abuses animals for sex. And what they've done is not illegal in Washington State.

In a picture-perfect corner of rural King County, Sheriff's investigators uncovered a dirty little mess: Men having sex with animals at a small farm outside of Enumclaw. The private gatherings became public when a 45-year-old Seattle man died after having sex with an Arabian stallion.

[Baltimatt]

Washington law was changed in 2006.

[kudzu]

Washington law was changed in 2006.

Germans are a bunch of nutters, matt.

Accept it. Embrace it.

[zenwalk]

The trouble in Germany always blows out of Bavaria. It's like a combination of Florida and Texas - German hillbillies.

[bullmikey]

I found this paragraph interesting, though because it's the Daily Telegraph it's most probably inaccurately reported.

From the link:

"Bestiality was legalised in Germany in 1969, the same year that gay sex was also removed from the criminal code. After that, sex with animals was only punishable if the animal was severely injured."

It fits a little too neatly some of the arguments against same sex marriage that I've heard. Also, I lived in Germany for several years when I was a whole lot younger, and the Germans did not strike me as a particularly dim-witted folk. That was post 1969 and I don’t recall ever meeting anyone hankering to have intimate relations with their pets or livestock. And I’m pretty sure most Germans would have looked at you funny if you were to suggest it. But then again, maybe I just hung out with the wrong kinds of people.

[Baltimatt]

bullmikey--

There probably was an updating of the criminal code, at least regarding sex offenses, and both the homosexual and bestiality sections got tossed.

There was a lot of fuss here in the US last year.

In fact, Congress is poised to remove from the books the only specific reference to bestiality contained in the UCMJ. The obscure deletion, contained in the massive Defense Appropriations bill now being finalized, raised the ire of some conservative groups still outraged over the repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" law that allowed homosexuals to serve openly in the military.

For their part, Pentagon officials say the deletion of bestiality is a legal technicality and does not represent any fundamental change in the military's moral code for servicemembers (and service animals). "The department's position on this issue remains unchanged and that act remains illegal," said defense spokesman Lt. Col Todd Breasseale.

[Seadog]

"The private gatherings became public when a 45-year-old Seattle man died after having sex with an Arabian stallion."

Huh? I guess he choked on the sausage.

[bullmikey]

There's a difference between not having laws against certain things and pronouncing them legalized. The one may simply indicate that no one's actually seriously thought of something, the other suggests it's been looked at and met with approval. Let's face it people who want to have sex with animals are so far off most folk's radar that they wouldn't see the need of legislating against it. It would be like having a law against setting yourself on fire. I mean who would think of it?

[Seadog]

Quite a few Buddhist monks during Diem's time.

And there was at least one recent case in Tibet.

[ms maggie]

"The private gatherings became public when a 45-year-old Seattle man died after having sex with an Arabian stallion."

Huh? I guess he choked on the sausage.

So gay bestiality huh. Wonder what the bible thumpers would have to say about this. Assuming they could talk after their heads actually exploded.

[Baltimatt]

"The private gatherings became public when a 45-year-old Seattle man died after having sex with an Arabian stallion."

Huh? I guess he choked on the sausage.

Yes. When I first heard a man had died after having sex with a horse, I was wondering how that happened. Did the horse kick him or something? Then I heard he died of a perforated colon and a lightbulb went off.

[Seadog]

I never thought that I would ever post these three letters, but

OMG!!!

[TheResearcher]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/02/wo...ity.html?_r=2&

"But David Zimmermann, an animal caretaker who is also a director of the zoophilic group, said: “It’s a sexual aspect that is entirely foreign to most people. They just see a man and think, ‘What terrible things is he doing to that dog?’ ”

Mr. Zimmermann had a Great Dane with which he occasionally had sex, but it died four months ago, he said. Now he lives with his similarly zoophilic boyfriend and their Dalmatian."

[Bmoreteacher]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/02/wo...ity.html?_r=2&

"But David Zimmermann, an animal caretaker who is also a director of the zoophilic group, said: “It’s a sexual aspect that is entirely foreign to most people. They just see a man and think, ‘What terrible things is he doing to that dog?’ ”

Mr. Zimmermann had a Great Dane with which he occasionally had sex, but it died four months ago, he said. Now he lives with his similarly zoophilic boyfriend and their Dalmatian."

Are you ok with people raping their animals?

[gonzoliberal]

....and the nutjob on the run in California has a good spiel too.

Hot rhetoric does not necessarily signal good intent... duh!