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[[File:Peter Singer 2007.jpg|right|thumbnail|200px225px|The [[atheism|atheist]] philosopher [[Peter Singer]] defends the practice of [[bestiality]] (as well as [[abortion]], infanticide and [[euthanasia]]).
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*[http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/horse-sex-story-was-online-hit/ Horse sex story was online hit by Danny Westneat, Seattle Times - December 30, 2005]
*''The International Handbook of Animal Abuse and Cruelty: Theory, Research'', edited by Frank Ascione, pages 217-218</ref>
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>[http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Suggestions-for-the-anti-Semitic-slurs-list-434293 Suggestions for the anti-Semitic slurs list] by MANFRED GERSTENFELD, ''Jerusalem Post'', 2015</ref>
''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://examiningatheism.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-problem-of-irreligious-engaging-in.html Secular Europe's weird bestiality renaissance]</ref>}}
See also: [[Bestiality and secular Europe]] and [[Bestiality and various geographic areas]]
See also: [[Atheism and sexuality]]
The Bible says that bestiality is a perversion and, under the [[Old Testament]] [[Pentateuch|Jewish Law]], punishable by death (Exodus 22:19, Leviticus 18:23, Leviticus 20:15 and Deuteronomy 27:21). The atheistic worldview does not lend itself to the establishment of morality within society and individuals (see: [[Atheism and morality]] and [[Moral failures of the atheist Atheist populationand immorality]]).
== Bestiality and secular Europe ==
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According to Danish journalist Margit Shabanzahen, a Danish man who ran a business catering to people who have sex with horses said that he had buses of people arriving at his business.<ref>[httpshttp://sitesexaminingatheism.googleblogspot.com/site2016/newsreport373808/ Vice News report on bestiality upsurge the-problem-of-irreligious-engaging-in .html Secular Europe's weird bestiality renaissance], video documentary features testimony of journalist Margit Shabanzadeh</ref> ]]
[[Denmark]] has the highest rate of belief in evolution in the [[Western World]].<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/21329204.html Photo: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds]</ref> In addition, in 2005 [[Denmark]] was ranked the third most atheistic country in the world and the website adherents.com reported that in 2005 43 - 80% of Danes were [[agnosticism|agnostics]]/atheists/non-believers in God.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref>
=== Report of buses of people going to Denmark to engage in bestiality ===
As noted above, in 2014, according to Danish journalist Margit Shabanzahen, a Danish man who ran a business catering to people who have sex with horses said that he had buses of people arriving at his business.<ref>[http://combatingatheismexaminingatheism.blogspot.com/2016/0508/godlessthe-denmarkproblem-andof-depravityirreligious-engaging-in.html Godless Denmark and depravitySecular Europe's weird bestiality renaissance]</ref>
=== Rise in bestiality tourism in Denmark. Denmark considering a ban on bestiality in 2014 ===
''See also:'' [[Sexual immorality and Sweden]]
[[File:Horse picture.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|Sweden, known the world over for its avant garde sexual mores has crossed yet another barrier in its moral descent with the news that sexual abuse of animals is on the increase. <br /><br />A government commissioned study has found that more than 200 animals, mostly horses, have been sexually abused in Sweden since the 1970s.<ref>[http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/1950/50/5050406 ''Bestiality on the Rise in Sexually Libertine Sweden'']</ref>]]
In November 0f 2008, the [[UK]] newspaper ''The Times'' reported:
{{cquote|Sweden, one of the world's most sexually tolerant societies, is in the throes of a strange, emotionally charged debate about the last taboo: bestiality.
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>
=== British pensioner filmed having sex with three dogs at a "bestiality party" ===
The Sun in a April 10, 2017 news story wrote:
{{Cquote|Carol Bowditch, 64, was caught on camera having sex with a St Bernard, a black Labrador and an Alsatian – but walked free after claiming she did not realise it was illegal.
The pensioner’s activities were exposed in an RAF police investigation which focused on a man identified as organising a bizarre sex party at which owners watched their dogs having sex with women, before having sex with the women themselves.
Details of the event were later shared online in an internet forum specialising in bestiality.<ref>[https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3303177/pensioner-64-filmed-having-sex-with-dogs-at-bestiality-party-is-spared-jail-after-claiming-she-did-not-realise-it-was-illegal/ DOG SEX RAP Pensioner, 64, filmed having sex with three dogs at ‘bestiality party’ is spared jail because she did not think it was illegal], The Sun, 10th April 2017</ref>}}
=== Publicly displayed bestiality artwork expected to fetch a price of around £30,000 in Britain ===
In 2013, an Australian television station put up a bestiality billboard.<ref>[http://theurbandaily.com/2013/05/01/australian-bestiality-billboard/ Australian TV Station Receives Backlash For Bestiality Billboard] By Jonathan Hailey</ref>
== Godless Irreligious Finland and bestiality ==
[[File:Finland location.png|thumbnail|200px|Minna Ruotsalo, chief inspector at Finland's Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, said concerning bestiality, "some persons that engage in the activity have contacted us saying that they would be concerned were the act to be criminalised in Finland".<ref>[http://yle.fi/uutiset/yes_in_finland_you_can_have_sex_with_your_pet/8153974 Yes, in Finland you can have sex with your pet], July 14, 2015</ref>]]
''See also:'' [[Godless Irreligious Finland and bestiality]]
According to a 2010 Eurobarometer Poll, 33% of [[Finland|Finnish]] citizens "believe there is a God". (In 2005, the figure was 41%).<ref name=EUROBAROMETER>{{cite web|url=http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_341_en.pdf|title=Special Eurobarometer Biotechnology|page= 204|date=Fieldwork: January–February 2010;Publication: October 2010|accessdate=2012-10-17|format=PDF}}</ref>
...Finland legalised bestiality in 1971, following in the footsteps of other European countries. It was thought that criminalising the act was not the right way to deal with people who are likely to suffer from mental illness or who are simply lonely.<ref>[http://yle.fi/uutiset/yes_in_finland_you_can_have_sex_with_your_pet/8153974 Yes, in Finland you can have sex with your pet], July 14, 2015</ref>}}
See also: [[Godless Irreligious Finland and loneliness]]
Minna Ruotsalo, chief inspector at Finland's Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, said concerning bestiality, "some persons that engage in the activity have contacted us saying that they would be concerned were the act to be criminalised in Finland".<ref>[http://yle.fi/uutiset/yes_in_finland_you_can_have_sex_with_your_pet/8153974 Yes, in Finland you can have sex with your pet], July 14, 2015</ref>
== Washington state had the highest number of reported cases of , bestiality in the USA in 2010 , atheism and evolutionary belief ==
''See also:'' [[Washington state and bestiality]] On January 26, 2011, the ''Seattle Met'' published an article entitled ''Washington Is the Worst State in the Country for Bestiality--Here's Why'' which declared that "Washington is steeped in man-on-beast history".<ref>[http://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-profiles/publicola/articles/washington-state-is-no-1-in-bestiality Is the Worst State in the Country for Bestiality--Here's Why]</ref> In 2011, the ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]'', published an article entitled ''What’s your state worst at? Washington ranked for bestiality'' which featured a map entitled "The United States States of Shame: What's your state worst at" and the map had the word bestiality superimposed on the state of Washington.<ref>[http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2011/01/25/whats-your-state-worst-at-washington-ranked-for-bestiality/ What’s your state worst at? Washington ranked for bestiality] by Amy Rolph on January 25, 2011, ''Seattle-Post Intelligencer''</ref>
In 2010, the state of Washington has the highest number of reported cases of bestiality in the United States even though it was merely the 13th most populous state according to the 2010 United States census.<ref>[http://www.pet-abuse.com/pages/cruelty_database/statistics/state_ranking.php?year=2010&search=go Pet Abuse -2010]</ref><ref>[http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php 2010 United States Census data]</ref>
A 2011 study reported by [[CNN]] indicated that Washington state was a politically liberal state (see: [[Liberalism and bestiality]]).<ref>[http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/25/new-poll-identifies-most-liberal-and-conservative-states/ 2011 Political map - CNN]</ref>
=== Enumclaw horse sex case === ''See also:'' [[Enumclaw horse sex case]] The [[Enumclaw horse sex case]] was a 2005 incident in which Kenneth Pinyan, who was an American Boeing engineer residing in Gig Harbor, Washington, died from injuries received during receptive rectal sex with a stallion at a farm near the city of Enumclaw, Washington.<ref>[Skager, Shawn (July 12, 2006). "[http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/south_king/ech/news/35979664.html Film to focus on aftermath of Enumclaw incident]". Enumclaw Courier-Herald.</ref> Pinyan also distributed bestiality porn under the alias Mr. Hands.<ref>[http://www.popcrunch.com/7-people-who-took-animals-for-lovers/ Horse Riding Mr Hands, Washington]</ref> The ''Associated Press'' reported that the farm where the event occurred attracted "a significant number of people" who wanted to engage in bestiality and the ''Seattle Times'' published a number of articles on the Enumclaw horse sex case.<ref>Messer, Lesley (July 18, 2005). "[http://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/when-a-man-dies-in-a-sex-act-with-a-horse-what-s-a-reporter-to-do/ When a Man Dies in a Sex Act with a Horse -- What's a Reporter to Do?]". Editor & Publisher.</ref> In 2007, a documentary of the life and death of Kenneth Pinyan (as well as the life led by those who came to the farm near Enumclaw, Washington) was featured at the Sundance Film Festival under the title ''Zoo''. It was one of 16 winners out of 856 film candidates for the festival, and it played at numerous regional festivals in the United States subsequently.<ref> Westneat, Danny (December 3, 2006). "New movie is the spawn of horse sex". The Seattle Times.</ref> In addition, it was also selected as one of the top five American films to be presented at the Directors Fortnight sidebar at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.<ref>Zoo, which opens today in NY and LA, has just been selected as one of the features of the prestigious Directors Fortnight sidebar at this year's Cannes Film Festival". [http://emanuellevy.com/comment/popuar-articles-zoo-inside-the-controversial-documentary-about-bestiality/ Zoo: Inside the Controversial Documentary about Bestiality]</ref><ref>Eugene Hernandez, "'07:[http://www.indiewire.com/article/cannes_07_slate_set_for_49th_directors_fortnight_corbijns_control_opening_sSlate Set for 49th Directors' Fortnight]", IndieWIRE, May 3, 2007.</ref> ==== 2005 horse bestiality stories apparently most popular articles in history of Seattle Times ====
[[File:Blackstallion.jpg|thumbnail|right|100px|[[Horse]] ]]
:You might think that bestiality has died out, or that it only happens on farms, or that it's illegal everywhere. You would be very, very, very wrong...
:It would be naïve to suggest, though, that the problem disappeared after the laws changed. Even in situations where zoophilia is legal, it is still far from socially acceptable, and so those who indulge in it are used to keeping quiet. Instead, zoophiles tend to communicate and congregate through societies, like the Germany-based Zoophiles Engagement für Toleranz und Aufklrung [link made inactive], as well as dedicated websites which offer a judgement-free space to converse.
:The largest such site, BeastForum, claims over 1.2 million registered members at the time of writing as well as more than that number again in unregistered visitors. The forum has boards where members can share tips on getting their animals to participate as well as post pictures and videos of their sexual experiences with the animals.
The [[Barna Group]] found regarding [[Atheism and morality|atheism and morality]] that those who hold to the worldviews of atheism or [[agnosticism]] in America were more likely, than theists in America, to look upon the following behaviors as morally acceptable: [[Illegal drugs|illegal drug use]]; excessive drinking; sexual relationships [[fornication|outside of marriage]]; [[abortion]]; cohabitating with someone of opposite sex outside of marriage; [[Profanity|obscene language]]; gambling; [[pornography]] and obscene sexual behavior; and engaging in [[homosexuality]]/[[bisexuality]].<ref>http://www.barna.org/barna-update/article/5-barna-update/58-practical-outcomes-replace-biblical-principles-as-the-moral-standard</ref> Given the [[Homosexuality and Health|many diseases associated with homosexuality]], the [[Bible|biblical]] prohibition against homosexuality is quite arguably one of the [http://creationwiki.org/Bible_scientific_foreknowledge many examples where the Bible exhibited knowledge that was ahead of its time].
== Atheist Elmina Drake Slenker and her writing on bestiality ==
''See also:'' [[Atheism and women]] and [[Views on atheists]] and [[Distrust of atheists]]
[[File:Elmina D. Slenker.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|[[Elmina Drake Slenker]] ]]
The atheist sociologist Phil Zuckerman wrote:
{{Cquote|The final profile is that of [[Elmina Drake Slenker]], an ex-[[Quaker]] who wrote novels as well as short, didactic stories for children about Darwinian naturalism, rationalism, and other secularist topics. Slenker came out publicly as an atheist in 1856 by publishing a letter in the Boston Investigator in defense of the infamous infidel Ernestine Rose. Such declarations of unbelief were scandalous for any individual at the time, but especially for women. As Schmidt documents, “Being a village atheist invited cold shoulders; being a female village atheist doubly so.” Condemnation of Slenker was swift, not only by friends and relatives, but also by public voices, newspapers editors, and writers such as the poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox, who wrote that “the most repellent object on earth is a woman infidel. She is as unnatural as a flower which breathes poison instead of perfume.” What ultimately brought Slenker into national prominence was her prosecution by Anthony Comstock’s anti-vice crusade. Her crime? Writing leaflets and personal letters to various people about human sexuality, marital relations, birth control, and bestiality. She was put on trial, and it only took the jury 10 minutes to find her guilty.<ref>[The Church of the Churchless] by Phil Zuckerman, Los Angeles Review of Books, March 19, 2017</ref>}}
== See also ==
*[[Atheism and morality]]
*[[Moral failures of the atheist Atheist populationand immorality]]
*[[Atheist scandals]]
