Florida Outlaws Sex

[boedicca]

The Florida Senate has outlawed sex, which given the demographics of the state, just may be a moot point.

Question: If your elected officials fail basic taxonomy, promote anti-science curriculum, and consistently attempt to undermine the fundamental unpinning of all biology, what happens when they start trying to legislate from this flawed view of reality?

The answer is this poorly-worded miasma of a law recently passed in Florida, which presumably was designed to prevent bestiality and promote animal welfare, but which has actually made it illegal, effective October 1, 2011, for anyone to have sex in Florida.

" An act relating to sexual activities involving animals; creating s. 828.126, F.S.; providing definitions; prohibiting knowing sexual conduct or sexual contact with an animal; prohibiting specified related activities; providing penalties; providing that the act does not apply to certain husbandry, conformation judging, and veterinary practices; providing an effective date."

Florida Senate fails basic biology, accidentally outlaws sex. « Southern Fried Science


Humans are animals
Having sex with animals is illegal
Ergo, having sex with humans is illegal

Now That's Logic...and no doubt written by Lawyers.

 

[R.D.]

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[boedicca]

Ergo, Jimminy Cricket is smarter than a Florida State Senator.

 

[syrenn]

The Florida Senate has outlawed sex, which given the demographics of the state, just may be a moot point.

Question: If your elected officials fail basic taxonomy, promote anti-science curriculum, and consistently attempt to undermine the fundamental unpinning of all biology, what happens when they start trying to legislate from this flawed view of reality?

The answer is this poorly-worded miasma of a law recently passed in Florida, which presumably was designed to prevent bestiality and promote animal welfare, but which has actually made it illegal, effective October 1, 2011, for anyone to have sex in Florida.

" An act relating to sexual activities involving animals; creating s. 828.126, F.S.; providing definitions; prohibiting knowing sexual conduct or sexual contact with an animal; prohibiting specified related activities; providing penalties; providing that the act does not apply to certain husbandry, conformation judging, and veterinary practices; providing an effective date."

Florida Senate fails basic biology, accidentally outlaws sex. « Southern Fried Science


Humans are animals
Having sex with animals is illegal
Ergo, having sex with humans is illegal

Now That's Logic...and no doubt written by Lawyers.

I think they worded it badly. I believe they mean humans having sex with animals.

Its still very funny though!

 

[boedicca]

It's just lawyers being all logical and stuff.

 

[WorldWatcher]

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Why is this big news?


..............................My wife did that 6 years, 7 months, 13 days, 4 hours, 23 minutes, and....


..............................................17 seconds ago.



.............................................................But who's counting.




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[Cuyo]

The Florida Senate has outlawed sex, which given the demographics of the state, just may be a moot point.

Question: If your elected officials fail basic taxonomy, promote anti-science curriculum, and consistently attempt to undermine the fundamental unpinning of all biology, what happens when they start trying to legislate from this flawed view of reality?

The answer is this poorly-worded miasma of a law recently passed in Florida, which presumably was designed to prevent bestiality and promote animal welfare, but which has actually made it illegal, effective October 1, 2011, for anyone to have sex in Florida.

" An act relating to sexual activities involving animals; creating s. 828.126, F.S.; providing definitions; prohibiting knowing sexual conduct or sexual contact with an animal; prohibiting specified related activities; providing penalties; providing that the act does not apply to certain husbandry, conformation judging, and veterinary practices; providing an effective date."

Florida Senate fails basic biology, accidentally outlaws sex. « Southern Fried Science


Humans are animals
Having sex with animals is illegal
Ergo, having sex with humans is illegal

Now That's Logic...and no doubt written by Lawyers.

That bill doesn't somewhere clarify that for the purpose of the bill, 'Animal' refers to non-human animals?

I'm gonna hafta sniff this one out. But if not............

 

[boedicca]

If sex is outlawed, only outlaws will have sex.

 

[bripat9643]

On the other hand, Obama and his drones think not buying an insurance policy
constitutes "interstate commerce."

The Florida Senate has outlawed sex, which given the demographics of the state, just may be a moot point.

Question: If your elected officials fail basic taxonomy, promote anti-science curriculum, and consistently attempt to undermine the fundamental unpinning of all biology, what happens when they start trying to legislate from this flawed view of reality?

The answer is this poorly-worded miasma of a law recently passed in Florida, which presumably was designed to prevent bestiality and promote animal welfare, but which has actually made it illegal, effective October 1, 2011, for anyone to have sex in Florida.

" An act relating to sexual activities involving animals; creating s. 828.126, F.S.; providing definitions; prohibiting knowing sexual conduct or sexual contact with an animal; prohibiting specified related activities; providing penalties; providing that the act does not apply to certain husbandry, conformation judging, and veterinary practices; providing an effective date."

Florida Senate fails basic biology, accidentally outlaws sex. « Southern Fried Science


Humans are animals
Having sex with animals is illegal
Ergo, having sex with humans is illegal

Now That's Logic...and no doubt written by Lawyers.

 

[Cuyo]

Election Law: Dept of Ridiculous Statutory Interpretation: Florida Did Not Ban Sex

It's still funny though.

 

[Ragnar]

If I read that right masturbation would be illegal too as "related activities". (??)

 

[boedicca]

Ahem.

Humans are mammals are animals.

Hence, sex with humans is outlawed in FL.

 

[boedicca]

Election Law: Dept of Ridiculous Statutory Interpretation: Florida Did Not Ban Sex

It's still funny though.

If humans are not animals, then that would put them in the categories of Vegetables or Minerals, which, considering some of the posters here, could be quite plausible in their particular cases.

 

[Toro]

I'm married so I don't have to worry about this law.

 

[Avatar4321]

I highly doubt that they did what the site is arguing. The statute specifically mentions "providing definitions" that the site does not think relevant to quote. These are usually specific definitions to what the words in the statute mean to the legislature. I'm willing to bet there is a "legal definition" of animal for the purposes of this statute that the website left out.

 

[Zoom-boing]

I'm married so I don't have to worry about this law.

Oh, I see what you did there. heh

 

[westwall]

Ergo, Jimminy Cricket is smarter than a Florida State Senator.

Stands to reason!

 

[boedicca]

It's safe to say that Jimminy Cricket is smarter than most elected officials.

 

[Avatar4321]

Could be. or the website could be leaving out key provisions such as how the legislature defined Animal in the provision not provided.

 

[boedicca]

Quit being a Party Pooper!

It's much more amusing my way.