{"id":9499,"date":"2016-06-11T04:36:05","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T04:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=9499"},"modified":"2016-06-11T04:36:05","modified_gmt":"2016-06-11T04:36:05","slug":"canadas-supreme-court-legalizes-some-sex-acts-with-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=9499","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s Supreme Court Legalizes Some Sex Acts with Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Canada\u2019s highest court has just ruled that some sex acts between humans and animals are legal.<\/h2>\n

In a quixotic ruling, the country\u2019s high court ruled that a man who was on trial for raping and sexually exploiting his own daughters wasn\u2019t guilty of \u201cbestiality.\u201d\u00a0The man reportedly, \u201csmeared peanut butter on the genitals of his victims and had the family dog lick it off while he videotaped the act.\u201d<\/p>\n

The convicted man took his case to the Canadian Supreme Court, demanding that the bestiality charge be nullified. In the end, the court agreed.<\/p>\n

As a result of the rape case, the court ruled 7 to 1 that humans having sexual contact with animals is OK if there is no \u201cpenetration\u201d involved in the act.<\/p>\n

In its ruling, the court decided that the legislature had not clearly defined the terms in the country\u2019s bestiality laws and the way the statute is written should be read to only outlaw animal penetration, whether that penetration is animal to human or vice versa.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAlthough bestiality was often subsumed in terms such as sodomy or buggery, penetration was the essence \u2014 \u2018the defining act\u2019 \u2014 of the offense,\u201d the court\u2019s ruling states as reported by The Independent<\/i>.<\/p>\n

The high court\u2019s lone dissenter, though, said the ruling would mean open season for\u00a0the sexual exploitation of animals.<\/p>\n

\u201cActs with animals that have a sexual purpose are inherently exploitative whether or not penetration occurs,\u201d Justice Rosalie Abella wrote in her dissent.<\/p>\n

Animal rights activist Camille Labchuk agreed with Justice Abella. \u201cAs of today, Canadian law gives animal abusers license to use animals for their own sexual gratification,\u201d she told the paper. \u201cThis is completely unacceptable, contrary to societal expectations, and cannot be allowed to continue.\u201d<\/p>\n

The question is a troublesome one here in the U.S. as well, dividing liberals and serving as a watchword to conservatives.<\/p>\n

Recently, for instance, animal rights activists in Ohio were rallying for the legislature to make it more explicit that sex between humans and animals is forbidden by state law.<\/p>\n

In April, animal advocates were seen protesting at the state capital in Columbus to raise awareness that Ohio has no law outlawing sexual exploitation of animals after a 61-year-old man was arrested for committing sex acts with dogs.<\/p>\n

Ohio is one of only eleven U.S. states that don\u2019t have any bestiality laws on the books, advocates say.<\/p>\n

The U.S. and Canada are no outliers in having a mixed record when dealing with bestiality. A recent article from the Daily Mail<\/i> lamented the troubling new trend of \u201canimal brothels\u201d rising in Germany as many humans are claiming sex with animals is just another \u201clifestyle choice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Follow Warner Todd Huston on Twitter @warnerthuston, or email the author at igcolonel@hotmail.com.<\/i>\"sex<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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