Senate passes bill addressing sex, porn with animals

[TexasTowelie]

Sen. Lauren Book, who filed the bill, cited a criminal case near her South Florida district as an example of why the legislation is needed.

Recognizing the link between animal abuse and child abuse, the Senate unanimously passed a bill Thursday that would increase penalties for bestiality and create a new law banning pornography depicting people having sex with animals.

The bill would also require child protective investigators to report suspected cases of animal abuse and to be trained on how to recognize it. Animal control officers would also need to immediately report suspected child abuse or neglect and would be trained to recognize it.

Democratic Sen. Lauren Book told her colleagues that after she filed the bill, a criminal case near her South Florida district was an example of why the legislation is needed.

Read more: https://floridapolitics.com/archives/416816-senate-passes-bill-addressing-sex-porn-with-animals/

[SergeStorms]

1. When Nazis have sex with snakes...

you get republicans. Yeah, I can see a need for legislation to prevent something like that from occurring again.

[steampunk]

2. Will Matt Gaetz vote against it? Just wondering.

[rickyhall]

3. Florida

[Dreampuff]

4. How depressing that a law like this even needs to exist!

I remember reading a few horrible stories that came out of Marion County several years ago. One was about a Hired Man who liked miniature ponies a bit too much. Just crazy!