Guest guest Posted May 4, 2000 Report Share Posted May 4, 2000 Fwd posting from my assistant Greg Myers, ASAIRS assistant: ====================================================== Attention all Missouri Residents; Animal Concerned Individuals, Groups, Shelters, Rescuers, etc. MO HB 1961 has passed the House! This is the Bill to make Pet Theft in Missouri a Felony ... Please also contact your Missouri State Senator and ask him to support this bill!! However another very important Bill HB 1658 might not make it out of committee this session, this would make the act of " bestiality " a felony in Missouri also. Below is a past alert I have sent on this (slightly modified), I now ask that WE ALL continue to solicite support for this important and needed Bill and share this information with all of your Missouri Families, Message Boards, Mail List, etc. Do not let this Bill stagnate and in Committee ... (ALERT) I attended and testified at the Criminal Law Committee Hearing on April 5, 2000, concerning Missouri HB 1658 (the Bill to make Bestiality Illegal in Missouri). Everything went well and the press was there, some of the articles done are at the bottom of this lengthy e-mail. It appears this Bill is having trouble getting out of committee due to the usual political procedures and may stagnate until next session or longer. This stagnation leads to the further " legal " sexual abuse of animals in Missouri. We as concerned individuals can help this Bill move on and become law. There are a few things I am asking you to do to help. (1) Write the Criminal Law Committee Chairman (Rep. Craig Hosmer) and ask him to give this bill (HB 1658) priority status and move it on to the House Floor. Make him aware of the seriousness of this bill and the further embarrassment Missouri is receiving over this issue. If you are a non-Missouri resident you can inform him that you would not feel safe traveling with your pet through Missouri and therefore will not visit or travel through Missouri until this bill is passed. Rep. Craig Hosmer can be contacted at: Rep. Craig Hosmer MO House of Representatives (Criminal Law Committee Chair) 201 West Capitol Avenue Room 404B Jefferson City MO 65101 Capitol Ph: 573-751-9474 Capitol Fax: 573-526-6081 E-Mail: chosmer (2) Write the Speaker of the House (Representative Steve Gaw) and ask him to allow the attachment of HB 1658 to another Bill on the House Floor. He has denied two such request from the Bill's sponsor Rep. Catherine Hanaway so far. Also, remind Mr. Gaw that this Bill has bipartisan sponsorship (Republican Sponsor (Ms. Hanaway) and Democrat Cosponsor (Ms. Hollingsworth). And remind him of the same outlined facts in the above (1). Rep. Steve Gaw can be contacted at: Rep. Steve Gaw MO House of Representatives 201 West Capitol Avenue Room 308 Jefferson City MO 65101 Capitol Ph: 573-751-2700 Capitol Fax: 573-751-5988 E-Mail: sgaw01 (3) Also write your local Missouri State Representative and Senator and ask them for their support of HB-1658 and that you feel this needs immediate attention and priority status in its passing. Also ask them to possibly consider sponsoring this Bill and introducing it on the Senate Floor or attach it to another Bill that is already on the floor. Also, let them know that you are tired of additional embarrassment brought to Missouri due to the delay in passing this bill and the further media attention it is bringing to our state and residents! You can also remind them that election time is just around the corner! Also, ask your State Senator if they would sponsor this Bill and introduce it on the Senate Floor. The contact information for your State Representative and Senator can be found at: http://www.house.state.mo.us/searchzp.htm HB 1658 and its status can be viewed online at: http://www.house.state.mo.us/bills00/bills00/HB1658.htm More information on this issue, past news articles on this bill, etc. can be found at: http://members.tripod.com/~judymyers/zoolaw.html ====== Additional note on the Dr Weimberm, and Dr Collins' Indiana University biased " study " on those who practice bestiality: Dr Weimberm, a sociologist based with Indiana University earlier this year had the audacity to send every Missouri House Representative a protest letter, using the publically funded University name and net servers to influence politics in another state. Their sentiment is *AGAINST ANY LAWS* making bestiality and sexual assaults on animals a crime! My assistant has a copy of their biased letter to the reps: http://members.tripod.com/~judymyers/indiana.html These two Indiana University professors have also just begun a study on zoophilia in September of 1999. This study, barely receiveing funds, has just got off the ground and does not even have the full number of participants yet. How can two professors, such as Dr's Weinberg and Williams reach a complete conclusion to this issue, when this study has just begun? Furthermore, how could they justify their opposal to a legislative proposal to criminalize bestiality with incomplete participants and data for their study? Their actions to officially oppose Missouri House Bill 1658 by contacting legislators was very premature and unprofessional in my opinion. Some further information on this study can be found below their letter they sent to Missouri Legislators. Last Name: Weinberg First Name: Martin Campus Code: BL Campus: Bloomington Department Code: SOC Department: Sociology E-mail Address: weinberm Building/Room: Ballantine 744 Bloomington IN 47405 Last Name: Williams First Name: Colin J. Campus Code: IN Campus: IUPUI Department Code: SOC Department: Sociology E-mail Address: cjwillia Phone Number: 317 274-4454 Their statement here says it all , and that they essentially equate bestiality with being homosexual: " ...Remember that less than half a century ago, all states but one criminalized homosexual acts because many people were uncomfortable with the idea of sexual behavior with members of the same sex. This destroyed the lives of many citizens. Please do not make this same mistake by pursuing HB 1658 any further. " Dr Weimberm was pledged $50,000 for his " study " by Oregon dog breeder, American Kennel Club licensed field trial judge and kennel operator Douglas <snip> who is under investigation by the American Kennel Club, and his national dog breed club for encouraging, allowing and permitting a bestiality promoting web site to be placed upon a web server and domain he runs. This is a conduct prejudicial to the welfare and interests of dogs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mike Rolland ASAIRS Administrator Alternate email: rolland_mike Help stop sexual abuse of animals: http://welcome.to/legislation The torches are lit and the people are coming up the hill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.