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Sex for the Unmarried Is Now Legal In Utah
By McKenzie Stauffer
(KUTV) — As of Wednesday, unmarried Utahns can officially
have sex without breaking the law.
Gov. Hebert signed Senate Bill 43 to allow fornication, adul- tery and sodomy.
The bill changes other parts of the criminal code including:
• Modifies crimi- nal offenses and penalties relating to clandestine drug labs
• Modifies crimi- nal offenses and penalties relating to electronic harassment
• Return of a marriage license to a county clerk
• Defines terms
Sen. Karen Mayne was the chief sponsor of the new bill, while Rep. Ray Paul
was the sponsor in the state's House.
Fornication used to be a class
B misdemeanor in the Beehive state.
Breaking the law was punishable to up to six months in jail and a fine of $1,000. The law, howev- er, wasn't pur- sued by police or prosecuted.
Dog Swims Over 200
Kilometers In The Sea
Before Being Saved
By Oziga
A brave dog probably swam about 220 kilo- meters in the Gulf
of Thailand befor e it could be res- cued by drilling platform workers.
Last Friday, plat- form staff saw the dog’s head rise above the waves as it swam through the sea. “The weather was calm and so did the water. If the waves had been slightly larg- er, we would not have been able to see the dog,” wrote Vitisak Payalaw, one of the men that res- cued the dog, on the Facebook platform.
The dog climbed on the large metal pipes of the drilling plat- form. “He was very calm and did not bark or growl,” writes Payalaw. “We tried to save the dog and lifted it
onto the platform with a rope around its body.” The dog was exhausted from his long swim and had lost a lot of moisture. He was given water and food and soon recovered.
He spent two nights on the drilling platform before being put on an oil tanker that set him ashore in south- ern Thailand. The dog was checked by the vet and turned out to be completely healthy.
It is not clear exactly where the dog came from and whether he really swam the
whole part. “The dog may have fallen or jumped from a fishing boat,” Payalaw thinks. The team on the drilling platform is believed to be heroic.
After the story was shared on Facebook, Payalaw was offered donations to support the dog, but he has indicated that he will not accept donations. One of the employees of the platform has already indicated that he would like to adopt the dog if it turns out that the brown four- legged friend has no owner