MFI turns its attention to bestiality

What has the Massachusetts Family Institute (MFI), the lead partner in the coalition to take away civil marriage rights from same-sex couples, been doing since the defeat of their marriage amendment last month? Judging by an e-mailed "citizen alert" to their supporters earlier this month, the organization is focusing at least some of its attention on dealing with the pressing threat of man-on-farm-animal sex.

The alert warns about impending legislation filed by state Sen. Cynthia Stone Creem (D-Newton) to wipe the state's sodomy law from the books. The bill removes language that criminalizes "the abominable and detestable crime against nature" when committed with other human beings, but it retains the language outlawing the same conduct with animals. The bill also replaces the existing law's punishment of a prison sentence of up to 20 years with the option of either a prison sentence of up to 20 years or a combination of jail time and a fine.

MFI's alert describes the arraignment earlier this month of an 18-year-old Sherborn teenager for allegedly breaking into a nearby farm and having sex with a sheep. The incident, at least according to MFI, is connected with the movement for LGBT rights.

"This incident highlights the path that the state and the nation are heading down with the legalization of same-sex 'marriage' and the decriminalization of sodomy. It becomes very hard to define unacceptable sexual perversions once the government endorses some as acceptable," writes MFI.

No word yet on whether the boy and the sheep have applied for a marriage license.