Bestiality

[Rhabbi]

"Just because it is not against the law, does not mean it is legal"

Yes it does! If it is NOT legal-it is Illegal. If it is "not against the law" it is not illegal-therefore it must be legal.

Please define again for me, Rhabbi. You have totally lost me.

Alright then Ed, let me rephrase that.

Just because it is not against the law, does not mean it is not criminal.

[gagged_Louise]

Alright then Ed, let me rephrase that.

Just because it is not against the law, does not mean it is not criminal.

Sometimes I get the impression that U.S. judges and prosecutors have a greater freedom how to mount a case or to choose the punishment than their brothers in other ocuntries, but overall the rule is said to be: if something doesn't fit an act or a kind of action that's criminalized by the law, then you can't take it to court under penal law.
You could mount a civil lawsuit, but i don't see anyone making a lawsuit about bestiality - if the thing isn't criminal, then it would have to be a case about cruelty (to the animal or the human) or mental abuse. You could argue it's immoral of course, but that won't make it a crime under the law.