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TENNESSEE MAN ADVOCATING INTER-SPECIES MARRIAGE RIGHTS
October 23 2009
Columbia, TN – Throughout history and across different cultures the definition of marriage has always changed. In modern times debate over divorce and same sex marriage are the ongoing debate, but those issue are only the most recent. Arranged 
marriages still occur today, and it wasn’t so long ago that black and white people in the United States weren’t allowed to marry. Those debates have fundamentally altered the make-up of marriage and by doing that fundamentally altered our concepts of human behaviour and social interaction.
With fewer taboos than at any other time in history, many are still fighting preconceptions and laws governing the institute of the coupling union. Now a Tennessee man is throwing his concerns into the rodeo, hoping to forge a new path for inter species marriage.
Twice now James Tait has faced charges revolving around sex with a horse. The first time occurred in 2005 where he videotaped a friend engaged in intercourse. Now he is facing new charges involving his own amorous contacts. Tait though isn’t taking the charges lying down. He is taking up the mantle for equality, demanding that President Obama place the same attention on inter-species marriage as he does on inter-sex marriages.
“My client firmly believes that the double standard regarding marriage must be ended. We believe that these charges are a result of an outdated and outmoded way of thinking that has left many without the basic human rights afforded to the masses. Our concept of marriage and love is a constantly evolving thing and we feel for the basic rights of all human beings this argument must be made,” said Tait’s lawyer. “We welcome our day in court so that we can challenge these preconceptions and misconceptions about the nature of love and marriage. This is our opportunity to forever change the way people and animals are treated in our society.”
The 2005 case involving Tait become a scandal across the country because it resulted in the death of the other human. Such incidents, Tait’s lawyer insists, need not happen in the future if relations between man and animals are normalized.
“Bestiality in all its forms has a fairly unique place in the world. There are many places where it is in fact not illegal, including in Washington State where Tait was charged in 2005, but even there it is seriously frowned upon. It is one of the few times when our laws and our moral viewpoints don’t stand in correlation,” said Scrape TV Legal analyst Gabe Hawthorne. “That said it’s more likely that the laws will fall in place with the generally accepted stance rather than the other way around. There is definitely an argument to make but I doubt many gay rights advocates will look on bestiality with some kind of kinship.”
It is commonly accepted that homosexuality is a trait people are born with but similar research has led to no firm conclusions on the nature of bestiality.
“One has to question the honesty of this argument though. Tait is in quite a bit of trouble and one has to assume that just maybe he is acting in his own best interest. That perhaps he isn’t interested in bettering human society or fighting for equality but is just looking for a way out of trouble,” continued Hawthorne. “I mean love can’t be constrained. It breaks out in all kinds of circumstances and under all kinds of difficulty and challenges. My guess is that this won’t go well for Tait, though he may lay the groundwork for future understandings between man and beast.”
44-year old Kenny Thomason was also charged alongside Tait. Apparently he just likes having sex with animals.
Mike Michaels, American Correspondent
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