QuoteThere is worrying news for Lance Corporal Belleau Wood, the official "base mascot" at the recruit depot in San Diego where members of the US Marine Corps undergo their basic training.
Like many of her peers, L/Cpl Wood is a dog. An English bulldog, to be precise. And now that gays and lesbians can serve openly in the armed forces, she'll be forced to cope with some unwanted sexual attention.
So says America's noisy family values lobby, at least. They claim that Barack Obama's controversial decision to repeal "Don't ask, don't tell" has inadvertently made bestiality legal in the US military.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-family-lobby-up-in-arms-about-the-legalisation-of-bestiality-6275065.html?origin=internalSearch (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-family-lobby-up-in-arms-about-the-legalisation-of-bestiality-6275065.html?origin=internalSearch)
This article is about our old friends in the Family Research Council, who can always be relied upon for a laugh.
The printed version was a little different. Don't really understand why journalists insist upon doing this. Presumably they want to show they can!