Welcome to Friday on the last day of April. Can you believe it’s almost May already? It feels like this year is passing really fast. We had a great turnout at Drinking Liberally last night. I hope you all had fun and we’ll see you again at the next one. Why don’t we open up this thread?
Sue Lowden can not make the Chicken Care gaffe go away. She did an interview with a local reporter and still could not come up with a good answer.
She’s become a national joke, and now her Republican rivals are pouncing. Daily Kos also polled the Nevada Senate race and specifically asked about Lowden’s chicken bartering plan. It had the support of 14% of Nevada voters (5% of Democrats, 27% of Republicans and 7% of Independents). Amazingly, 23% of Republicans said Lowden’s barter plan made them more likely to vote for her (with 28% saying it made them less likely to vote for her).
Florida is having trouble outlawing sex with animals.
But, as Barbara Hijek notes, Florida has had difficulty getting the law passed:
The law was passed unanimously by the Senate this week. It would make it a first-degree misdemeanor to have sex with an animal, with a penalty of up to a year in jail.
The Senate had passed a similar bill last year, but it fizzled out before it came before the House. The House bill has a similar measure, but it awaits debate.
What is there to debate?
So, just to recap what you can and can’t do in Florida: Get married if you’re gay? Illegal. Adopt a child if you’re gay? Illegal. Marry your cousin? Legal. Have sex with an animal? Also legal.
Florida has crazy politics!