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"Tribute Statue Must Appear "Neutered"
Written by Kevin Clayborne - Staff Writer

Sunday, 22 July 2007
[Sacramento, CA]

A marble monument to service dogs, originally set to be displayed in
Sacramento, California, may be on its way out of the golden state. The
reason? The statue's "manhood" is still intact.!

Proponents of the recently-tabled state assembly bill AB-1634, the
so-called "California Healthy Pets Act", which would require that most
of the state's dogs and cats over the age of 6 months be sterilized,
claim that placing the image of an intact male dog on public property
is harmful and sends the wrong message to California pet owners.

"Its not an appropriate display, in a state that carries out three
million euthanasias a year." said Dan Nender, a 1634 supporter who
filed suit in Sacramento Federal Court to have the monument altered.
Pressed about the number, since most reputable sources set that number
at 400,000, Nender replied, "One is too many. Concentrate on the point
I'm making, not the numbers."

The sculptor who created the piece, Fidel Marquez of Hemingford,
Nebraska, has already refused to alter it. "This is ridiculous. I'll
put the damn thing on my lawn before I 'neuter' it."

"Frankly, it doesn't matter what the artist wants, or for that matter
whether the lawsuit succeeds." responded Nender. "This is the will of
the people... and don't ask me which people, and we're going to carry
it out. If this guy doesn't want to do the work himself, we'll sneak
in there at night and use a Saws-All on it."

"We cannot have intact testicles on government property. As California
government officials, at least the ones on our side, will attest to,
Sacramento is a testicle-free zone."

Assembly Bill AB-1634 may come before the California legislature some
time again in 2008, according to supporters, but in the meantime, they
say they will fight the battle their way. "The ends justify the
means," said Nender. Even if the means includes vandalism.

California Department of Parks, who oversee this sort of project, did
not return our calls immediately, and the Governor could not be reached
for comment. However, plans to erect the monument are on hold until
the lawsuit is settled or dismissed.

"It's a shame," Karen Billings, planning coordinator for the National
Association for Dogs in Service (NADS) told us. "These folks just
won't let it go. They're obsessed with dog testicles. That didn't
sound right..."

oh, brother!!!!  there is something seriously wrong with the minds of these people. 

these must be the ones that got left behind and didn't catch the spaceship that was

drafting the hale bop! 

pjp

California is so screwed up!  They are trying so hard to be politically correct, that the place has become a joke.  You can't even have a "ladies night" at a bar because that doesn't give equal rights to the men.  What a crock!  I wish that state would fall into the ocean already!   They are starting to corrupt the rest of our freedom.  Besides, what  other state, in there right mind besides Minnesota, would have some idiot from "Predator" run the state?   "Colliefourneeya"-Arnold S.

Maybe since it's a "testicle free state" somebody out to pass a law that ALL Californians should be neutered, including this idiot!! Testicle free alright, since nobody has the balls to say ENOUGH!

This was posted to another message board I belong to. It's a spoof. Anyone notice the acronym of the service dog association quoted at the end of the article?

"It's a spoof"

geez, i sure hope so!!

pjp

"We cannot have intact testicles on government property. As California

government officials, at least the ones on our side, will attest to,

Sacramento is a testicle-free zone."

That is apparent from the bills that are considered and passed LOL

I am from Sacramento and I still have my testicles

We can change that! LOL

Shouldn't advertise that GARD, you might be next.