Despite All My Rage, I Am Still Just a Pig in a Cage
Some things sound too good to be true. A hottie at the bar who thinks you’re the best looking guy in the world will wake up next to you screaming and keep on drinking to erase the memory. A TV infomercial that promises thousands of dollars in returns fails to mention that the thousands of dollars in returns go into their pocket.
But this law on our books claiming that Florida’s Constitution actually has a prevision that actually protects pregnant pigs also sounds too good to be true, right?
Well, it’s actually true. Article 10, Section 21 of the Florida State Constitution is devoted solely to the protection of pregnant pigs. Voters, meanwhile, still have to work out their problems among themselves.
Article 10, Section 21 seeks to limit “cruel and inhumane” treatment of pigs by confinement while they are pregnant. It states confining a pig while they are pregnant is a misdemeanor offense in the state of Florida meaning they will lock you up in a tiny little cage with a cellmate who will constantly try to get your pregnant whether you biologically can or not.
You might think this is one of those amendments added during the country’s birth and never got taken off the books. Again, you’d be wrong. This went into effect in 2002, according to the Constitution’s footnotes and this ballot initiative that shows it was approved by the voters in 2002, which means it was submitted under the watchful eye of Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris. Well, we have to admit that inhumane treatment of pigs is certainly a less complicated issue that recount ballot laws.