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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday July 09 2017, @09:04PM   Printer-friendly
from the resume-filming dept.

A federal judge has ruled that Utah's ban on secretly filming farm and slaughterhouse operations is unconstitutional:

[U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby] rejected the state's defense of the law, saying Utah had failed to show the ban was intended to ensure the safety of animals and farm workers from disease or injury.

In his ruling, Shelby noted that one of the bill's sponsors in the state legislature, Rep. John Mathis, said the ban was a response to "a trend nationally of some propaganda groups ... with a stated objective of undoing animal agriculture in the United States." The judge noted that another sponsor, Sen. David Hinkins said it targeted "vegetarian people that [are] trying to kill the animal industry."

Ag-gag is a term used to describe a class of anti-whistleblower laws that apply within the agriculture industry.

Previously: Dairy Lobbyist Crafted Idaho's "Ag-Gag" Legislation
Federal Judge Strikes Down Idaho's "Ag-Gag" Law


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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday July 09 2017, @10:39PM (2 children)

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Sunday July 09 2017, @10:39PM (#536953) Homepage

    Enjoy your malnutrition and manboobs, you soy-loving vegan fuck.

    Know what I'm having for dinner? A nice fat brisket that's been stewing in red wine in my oven for the past 4 hours, and I have some pork ribs that have been boiling in barbecue sauce too. But let's not forget about those self-cleaned fish, they're great because they're easy -- one nice crunchy chop behind the gills and all that nasty offal goes bye-bye.

    The more flesh a man eats, the lower his nuts hang and the wider his chest becomes. But you emasculated fucking Nancies wouldn't know anything about that, would you?

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  • (Score: 2) by Whoever on Monday July 10 2017, @05:49AM (1 child)

    by Whoever (4524) on Monday July 10 2017, @05:49AM (#537039) Journal

    Know what I'm having for dinner? A nice fat brisket that's been stewing in red wine in my oven for the past 4 hours, and I have some pork ribs that have been boiling in barbecue sauce too.

    How to tell that Ethanol-fueled is lying? Just look at the weather in CA at the moment. No one wants to run an oven for 4 hours on a day like today and E-f doesn't have enough money to run A/C to keep his pigsty cool.

    • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 10 2017, @01:33PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 10 2017, @01:33PM (#537106)

      His alcohol damaged brain is hallucinating again. The likely scenario is he's passed out behind a 7-11 with an old bum wine soaked rotisserie chicken sitting in a sun baked trash can. God knows what the ribs are...