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| | + | === Atheism and bestiality === |
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| | + | ''See also:'' [[Atheism and bestiality]] |
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| | + | ==== Bestiality and secular Europe ==== |
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| | + | ''See also:'' [[Bestiality and secular Europe]] and [[Secular Europe]] |
| | + | [[File:Denmark map.gif|thumbnail|right|200px|A 2015 ''Jerusalem Post'' article indicates "[[Copenhagen]] has for long been the bestiality capital of Europe and has attracted many tourists mainly visiting to have sex with animals. Legislation against this practice was only enacted this year."<ref name="jpost.com">[http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Suggestions-for-the-anti-Semitic-slurs-list-434293 Suggestions for the anti-Semitic slurs list] by By MANFRED GERSTENFELD '''Jerusalem Post''', 2015</ref>]] |
| | + | From a global perspective, [[Europe]] is more secular/atheistic than the rest of the world although it does have a considerable amount of religious immigrants who have higher birth rates (see: [[Atheist population]] and [[Global atheism]]). |
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| | + | ''Vice News'', a global news channel which broadcasts documentaries about current topics, reported in 2014 about [[secular Europe]]: |
| | + | {{cquote|[[Bestiality]] is having a weird renaissance in Europe. Perhaps ironically, it kicked off when activists succeeded in banning the practice in places like Germany and Norway. In the background, something else emerged simultaneously: an animal-sex-tourism industry, which has been blossoming in Denmark.<ref>[http://combatingatheism.blogspot.com/2016/05/secular-europes-weird-bestiality.html Secular Europe's weird bestiality renaissance]</ref>}} |
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| | + | A 2015 ''Jerusalem Post'' article indicates "[[Copenhagen]] has for long been the bestiality capital of Europe and has attracted many tourists mainly visiting to have sex with animals. Legislation against this practice was only enacted this year."<ref name="jpost.com"/> |
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| | + | ===== Bestiality, secular European countries and other areas ===== |
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| | + | In areas of the [[Western World]] where there is a significant amount of atheists and evolutionary belief, there have been notable problems related to bestiality (see: [[Bestiality and various geographic areas]]). |
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| | + | ===== The first "bestiality rights" organization was founded in secular Europe ===== |
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| | + | The first so called "bestiality/zoophile rights" group, called Equality for All, has its roots in secular Europe and formed in the '90s.<ref>Aug 20 2009 article at Browardbeach.com entitled ''Those Who Practice Bestiality Say They're Part of the Next Sexual Rights Movement''</ref> It is located in the Czech Republic. According to a 2010 Eurobarometer poll, 16% of Czech citizens responded that "they believe there is a God" which the lowest rate among the countries of the European Union.<ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_341_en.pdf Eurobarometer Poll in 2010]</ref> |
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| | === Atheism and other moral issues === | | === Atheism and other moral issues === |