Florida Outlaws Sex

When they outlaw sex, only outlaws will have sex! They'll get mine when they pry it from my cold dead hand... You get the idea. This is what happens when Repugs try to legislate science.

Southern Fried Science

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.

Text of law and a chart showing humans in the pantheon of animals follows.

So if you’re living in Florida on October 1, 2011 and would like to have sexual intercourse with a consenting adult, please check with your veterinarian or local livestock breeder first to make sure you abide by ”accepted animal husbandry practices, conformation judging practices, or accepted veterinary medical practices.”

Here's a coupla 'comments':

Jenea: So, um, what has been going on in Florida that made them think this law was necessary?

Ethel's reply: It may have something to do with the literacy rate?

Ah, yep...