Isn’t wonderful to live in Massachusetts? Last year, we were gifted with the special privilege of declaring that two men or two women can be married, when in reality no such things is actually possible. Now our lawmakers—apparently with nothing better to do—are hard at work legalizing bestiality. You read that right.
As the linked article says, everyone laughed 2-1/2 years ago (or more accurately, screamed in outrage) when Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum predicted that gay marriage would eventually lead to every kind of abomination, including legalized bestiality. How horrid, they said, to level such a slur against homosexuals.
In fact, the legislature is considering a bill to legalize all kinds of things we once knew were wrong.
Sponsored by Senators Cynthia Creem and Robert O’Leary, and Representatives Michael Festa and David Linsky, the bestiality measure was buried in a packaged assault on morality, disguised as “An Act Relative to Archaic Crimes.” The bill would strike down several sections of the current penal code criminalizing adultery, fornication and the advertisement of abortion. It also repeals what appears to be a sodomy statute forbidding “abominable and detestable crime against nature, either with mankind or with a beast.”
“I wonder if the Romans saw their descent into depravity as clearly?”
They did. And there were two basic responses:
—- The official response was to scapegoat and persecute Christians as individuals, and the Church as an institution.
—- The individual response broke down to one of two options: join the persecution or join the Church.
Sound familiar?
I expect the historical outcome to ultimately be the same.
All together now, “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it”.
Festa’s a ‘Catholic’…belongs to my parish.
I am becoming so depressed living here…..
“I am becoming so depressed living here…”
That would be funny if it weren’t so true.
I’ll have to examine this bill a little more closely to see what else is in there. It was a plank in the 1972 Gay Rights Platform to eliminate all age of consent laws. Hmmm…
Dom,
It is not what they will leagalize next. It is what they will make mandatory……
I know there are always new commenters and people don’t always know all the rules, but posting the full-text of copyright materials in comments is forbidden, because it is illegal. (I know there’s some debate about fair use, but I’d rather not be the one having to pay a lawyer to figure that out.)
Any, I’ve removed a comment that included the full-text of a news article. If you want to refer to such material, it is permissible to post an excerpt and provide a link to where the full article may be read.
There were critics of Roman society who warned of the increasing decadence that contributed to Rome’s decline- unfortunately, they were routinely derided. One in particular stood out; unfortunately, I’m blanking on his name (I want to say his name Cincinatus, but it’s been 10 years since the course), but he was largely seen as the Pat Buchannan of his day- loud, pretty obnoxious, and his well-known flaws deeply overshadowing the important message he sought to get accross to the Roman public.
Poly-Pride! That’s next, followed (in this order) by the beasties and then the NAMBLA folks. And I don’t want to bet against all 3 groups getting their way, and having laws passed that try to force up to accept their abominations.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1641431,00.html
(this link via Mark Shea)
Lynne, what parish do you believe the depraved Rep. Festa is in?? At a community meeting that he attended just before and related to the gay marriage debacle on Beacon Hill in 2004, I flat-out called him a liar in front of at least a couple of dozen constituents, which in retrospect was probably a bit unfair to the average liar. I know too that he gets a 100% rating from Planned Butcherhood, and after the meeting I told him that if he happens to actually attend Mass, I hope that he at least refrains from Communion, to avoid both the scandal that he’d be otherwise giving, and the even greater damage that he’d be doing to his soul. He gave me sort a dumb, quizzical stare, but at least I won’t be to blame if he finds his eternity to be a touch warmer for him than he’d prefer.
Sodomite marriage is already a quaint, traditional practice in Massachusetts … they’re on to bigger and better things.
I’m sorry, Dom, about posting the full article. I should have known better as I’ve been a member of FreeRepublic for quite awhile and they got in trouble big time over it. Anyways, if one googles oregon + farm + bestiality, you’ll find the link to the news report (plus several others which I’m sure you don’t what to explore).
Irish Spectre, I’ll only state that Rep Festa lives in Melrose. wwwmass.gov has biographical info on all senators and reps. He is a liberal hack of the first order.
BTW, rumor has it he wants to run for DA in Middlesex County when Martha Coakley runs for AG when Reilly run for governor. Barrios is also rumored to be eyeing the DA office. While I’d love to see both Barrios and Festa out of the legislature, I don’t want either of them as DA.
Back on topic, isn’t the legislature adjorning soon? Hopefully, this bill will be DOA (dead on arrival) in the Senate.
Who is there to stop these scourges? Just as St. Eymard said. The churches are closing, the barbarism is returning.
Unfortunately, this information originated in a recent article in “Weekly Dig”, in which the author, Paul McMorrow, did absolutely no research before publishing his opinions. The bill in question does not repeal the crime of bestiality. In fact it expands the law and makes it easier for prosecutors to bring charges against such people. The current law only forbids sexual acts on “beasts” which is legally limited to hooved animals such as cows, sheep and pigs. By re-writing the law to use the word “animal”, the statute will now—for the first time—prohibit sex acts with dogs, cats, fowl and any other animal. In addition, the penalty has not been decreased in any way. The maximum penalty is still 20 years in prison. The effect of 2 1/2 year house of correction penalty is to allow the District Attorney to charge some cases in District Court rather than always having to obtain a grand jury indictment and proceed to Superior Court. The new fine also follows modern criminal statute drafting practices by giving the prosecutor and courts a range of potential sentencing options.
For these reasons, the proposed bill was endorsed by the Humane Society and the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Finally, it should be noted that Weekly Dig is a newspaper that is meant to be humorous. To the extent that Mr. McMorrow holds himself out as a legitimate journalist, he is a very poor one.
Sean J. Kealy
Legal Counsel
Senator Cynthia S. Creem