Florida fails to ban bestiality for some reason

Its advocates say that in the political stew of a legislative session, the very outrageousness of the topic worked against it.

Lawmakers said they did not want to be accused of wasting time addressing a rare crime when Floridians needed them to help create jobs. They also did not want to debate the icky subject in public meetings occasionally frequented by children.

“The whole thing just kind of collapsed, unfortunately, and so we are back to square one,” said Nan Rich, the Senate’s incoming minority leader, who has tried since 2008 to close this loophole in the law.