Florida To Outlaw Bestiality

This NBC story is filed on Free Republic under "Homosexual Agenda":

It looks like man and dog are going to legally remain best friends if the state of Florida has its say. The State's Senate agriculture committee, in a long overdue measure, has voted unanimously to charge anyone who has sex with animals with a third-degree felony. Amazingly, Florida is one of 16 states that still permits bestiality, despite the obvious harm caused to the victim - in most cases the family pet or farm animal. "There's a tremendous correlation between sexually deviant behavior and crimes against children and crimes against animals," said Sen. Nan Rich, a Sunrise Democrat, told the Miami Herald. "This is long overdue. These are heinous crimes. And people belong in jail."

Freepers react:
-"I suppose a Republican who is known for supporting traditional values would instantly be tarred as a 'bigot' if he or she were to introduce an anti-bestiality bill."
-"But don't they realize that sexual preference is something you're born with? This law would deny these people the right to love the animal of their choice! That is bigoted!!!"
-"Just another attempt to bring unwarranted hardships against the muslim community"
-"What has our nation come to that laws like this aren’t assumed instead of needed. Same for the stupidity of making laws to allow homosexual adoption."
-"Why? I mean, if buggery is permitted and, soon, gay marriage will be sanctioned by the state what is the reasoning behind outlawing bestiality?"
-"Since bestiality and incest are mentioned as equal with homosexuality in the Bible, I suppose we should be TOLERANT of goat love. Excuse me while I barf."
-"Knowing leftists like I do, I’m surprised they haven’t come out with a new non-judgemental term of “interspecies sex”."