| | I don't know whether to ignore this alarming factoid or to embrace it.<ref>[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002711400_danny30.html Horse sex story was online hit by Danny Westneat, Seattle Times - December 30, 2005]</ref>}} | | I don't know whether to ignore this alarming factoid or to embrace it.<ref>[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002711400_danny30.html Horse sex story was online hit by Danny Westneat, Seattle Times - December 30, 2005]</ref>}} |
| − | According to the CUNY 2000 religious survey, [[Washington]] was declared to have the second highest [[per capita]] number of people in the United States who answered "no religion" on a survey.<ref>http://www.positiveatheism.org/crt/cunywdat.pdf</ref> 27% of the Washington state population declared they had "no religion".<ref>http://www.positiveatheism.org/crt/cunywdat.pdf</ref> In addition, in 2007 the pro-[[evolution]] magazine the ''[[Scientific American]]'' said that Washington state did a "satisfactory/good" job of teaching evolution (see: [[Evolutionary belief and bestiality]])<ref>[http://bigthink.com/ideas/21147 Teaching of evolution by state - map]</ref>
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| | On Wednesday, April 14, 2010 authorities raided Douglas Spink’s animal farm and arrested Spinks and a tourist, Stephen Clarke from Peterborough, England. Authorities described some of the evidence found at the scene as ‘bizarre.’ The raid was conducted by the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office in assistance with the U.S. Probation Department, U.S. Marshals Office, and the FBI. Reports state that authorities seized [[dog]]s, horses, and [[mouse|mice]]. There were reportedly thousands of images of bestiality and child pornography found on the property as well.<ref>[http://www.examiner.com/us-headlines-in-national/bestiality-farm-raided-washington-state-douglas-spink-arrested ''Bestiality farm raided in Washington state, Douglas Spink arrested'' April 17, 2011, Examiner - Charisse Van Horn, US Headlines Examiner]</ref>}} | | On Wednesday, April 14, 2010 authorities raided Douglas Spink’s animal farm and arrested Spinks and a tourist, Stephen Clarke from Peterborough, England. Authorities described some of the evidence found at the scene as ‘bizarre.’ The raid was conducted by the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office in assistance with the U.S. Probation Department, U.S. Marshals Office, and the FBI. Reports state that authorities seized [[dog]]s, horses, and [[mouse|mice]]. There were reportedly thousands of images of bestiality and child pornography found on the property as well.<ref>[http://www.examiner.com/us-headlines-in-national/bestiality-farm-raided-washington-state-douglas-spink-arrested ''Bestiality farm raided in Washington state, Douglas Spink arrested'' April 17, 2011, Examiner - Charisse Van Horn, US Headlines Examiner]</ref>}} |