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| | + | [[Bestiality]] is the act of engaging in sexual relations with an animal. |
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| | + | === Sexual mutilations and stabbings of horses in Britain === |
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| | + | Between 1983 and 1993 more than 160 horses were sexually mutilated and stabbed in [[Britain]].<ref>[http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/features/slashers.shtml Horse slashers profiled]</ref> British police and animal experts have put the blame on fertility cults, rival horse owners and [[sadism|sadists]] for the attacks.<ref>[http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/features/slashers.shtml Horse slashers profiled]</ref> |
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| | + | === Bestiality and small British animals === |
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| | + | The abstract of the 2008 ''Journal of Small Animal Practice'' article entitled ''Battered pets’: sexual abuse'' indicated: "A study of non-accidental injury in small animals in the UK, based on responses from a random sample of small animal practitioners, identified 6 per cent of the 448 reported cases as being sexual in nature".<ref>[Battered pets’: sexual abuse. ''Journal of Small Animal Practice - 2008 article '']</ref> |
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| | + | == British atheist and evolutionist Christopher Hitchens on bestiality == |
| | + | [[Image:Hitchens,_Stanford.jpg |right|thumb|200px|[[Britain|British]] atheist [[Christopher Hitchens]] twice refused to condemn bestiality at the [[William Lane Craig]] vs. Christopher Hitchens debate.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FofDChlSILU Christopher Hitchens vs William Lane Craig - Does God Exist Debate]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and bestiality]] ]] |
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| | + | See also:'' [[Christopher Hitchens on bestiality]] and [[Atheism and bestiality]] and [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]] |
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| | + | [[Christopher Hitchens]] is one of the principal leaders of the [[New Atheism]] movement. At the end of the [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]] [[William Lane Craig]] vs. atheist Christopher Hitchens debate there was an audience question and answer period.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FofDChlSILU VIDEO] The first audience member to ask a question twice asked [[Christopher Hitchens]] to label bestiality as an immoral act, but he refused to do so.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FofDChlSILU Christopher Hitchens vs William Lane Craig - Does God Exist Debate]</ref> Dr. Craig said the question posed to Hitchens was a good one and it helped illustrate that atheism cannot offer objective moral standards (see: [[Atheism and morality]]).<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FofDChlSILU Christopher Hitchens vs William Lane Craig - Does God Exist Debate] </ref> |
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| | + | === UK TV regulators and bestiality === |
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| | + | ''See also:'' [[Britain and morality]] |
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| | + | On May 26, 2005, [[LifeSiteNews]] reported: |
| | + | {{cquote|Richard Hooper, deputy chairman of Ofcom (the UK’s TV and radio regulating body), has indicated that the long-anticipated new broadcasting code makes no definite provisions against the broadcasting of so-called ‘challenging material’ on public air-waves, including shows which deal with sex with animals, so long as it is in the proper ‘context’. |
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| | + | “A programme about sex with animals? Yes, it’s potentially possible,” said Ofcom deputy chairman, Richard Hooper. “It all comes down to context.” Mr. Hooper may have been thinking of a channel 4 documentary on bestiality, Animal Passions, which was aired last year. According to a Media Guardian article that particular documentary received seventy-five complaints at the time, from viewers who were concerned that it “normalized bestiality”. |
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| | + | Mr. Hooper’s statement serves to confirm what pro-family activists have long prophesied. That is, this new age of sexual libertarianism, which, amongst other things, allows for and normalizes homosexuality, will quickly become an age of ‘no-holds-barred’ in regards to sexual deviation unless a return to a proper understanding of sexuality is initiated.<ref>[http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/uk-tv-regulators-ok-bestiality UK TV Regulators OK Bestiality - LifeSiteNews - May 26, 2005]</ref>}} |
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| | + | === The Guardian and bestiality === |
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| | + | On September 19, 2011, the British newspaper ''The [[Guardian]]'' published a favorable article on bestiality entitled ''Improbable research: bestiality saddled with the wrong image'' which mentioned a man's "long courtship" with a horse and also his two "mare-wives".<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/education/2011/sep/19/improbable-research-bestiality-horses-intelligence ''Improbable research: bestiality saddled with the wrong image'']</ref> |
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| | + | === British woman marries her dog and kissed the dog during the marriage ceremony === |
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| | + | In 2014, the British woman Amanda Rogers married her dog and she kissed her dog during the marriage ceremony.<ref>[http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/woman-marries-dog-totally-b-h-article-1.1717772 British woman marries her dog]</ref> |
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| | + | The ''NY Daily News'' reported: |
| | + | {{cquote|Rodgers, whose Twitter feed uses the name "shebarodgers," told the Metro she got down on one knee to propose and ascertained from Sheba's wagging tail that she said yes. |
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| | + | She said the ceremony, which ended with a kiss, was the perfect way to mark what Sheba means to her. She told the Metro her new life partner was never unkind to her and the dog is always happy.<ref>[http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/woman-marries-dog-totally-b-h-article-1.1717772 British woman marries her dog]</ref>}} |
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| | + | === Publicly displayed bestiality artwork expected to fetch a price of around £30,000 in Britain === |
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| | + | ''See also:'' [[Britain and morality]] and [[Liberalism and bestiality]] |
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| | + | [[File:Keldaby goats.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|An exclusive British art gallery was criticised for displaying a highly offensive bestiality oriented painting which featured a [[goat]] just yards from The Ritz hotel and where it could be seen by children.<ref>The Daily Mail online (MailOnline), August 5, 2011 ''The explicit art that shows bestiality with a [[goat]] just yards from The Ritz''</ref>]] |
| | + | In August of 2011 the British newspaper the Daily Mail ran a story entitled ''The explicit art that shows bestiality with a [[goat]] just yards from The Ritz'' which declared: |
| | + | {{cquote|An exclusive art gallery has been criticised for displaying a highly offensive painting just yards from The Ritz hotel and where it could be seen by children. |
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| | + | Hotel guests were said to have been disgusted after seeing the image by the late British artist Robert Lenkiewicz – which depicts bestiality with a goat. |
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| | + | It was displayed on a revolving plinth in the front window of the Clarendon Fine Art gallery, around the corner from the five-star hotel in Piccadilly. |
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| | + | The picture – which is owned by a private collector and is expected to sell for around £30,000 – was still on display yesterday, although last night the gallery said it had been removed. |
| | + | <ref>The Daily Mail online (MailOnline), August 5, 2011 ''The explicit art that shows bestiality with a goat just yards from The Ritz''</ref>}} |
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| | == See also == | | == See also == |