Clueless in Georgia

Georgia House bans genital piercings for women

Georgia legislators are *so* out of touch it isn't even funny.

Then again, this *is* the state that rather than rescind a sodomy law after a lot of bad press about a het male getting sent to prison for admitting to having performed oral sex on his wife during a divorce hearing, instead passed a bill that released *only* him from prison while leaving all the other men imprisoned under the same law in prison.

Hmm. Major shake-up coming

Seems we are getting *swarms* of tiny earthquakes near Sisters, Oregon. And there may be a "bulge" growing there.

Do we have a volcanic event in our future?

More on Georgia piercing bill

Someone on the list I got the info off of did more searching. is best guess is that it's Senate bill 418

The relevant portion of the language on the website is:

(a) Any person:
(1) Who knowingly circumcises, excises, or infibulates, in whole or in part,
the labia majora, labia minora, or clitoris of a female;
(2) Who is a parent, guardian, or has immediate custody or control of a
female under the age of 18 years and knowingly consents or permits to the
circumcision, excision, or infibulation, in whole or in part, of the labia
majora, labia minora, or clitoris of such female; or
(3) Who knowingly removes or causes or permits the removal of a female under
the age of 18 years from this state for the purpose of circumcising,
excising, or infibulating, in whole or in part, the labia majora, labia
minora, or clitoris of such female shall be guilty of female genital
mutilation.
(b) A person convicted of female genital mutilation shall be punished by
imprisonment for not less than one nor more than 20 years.
(c) This Code section shall not apply to procedures performed by or under
the direction of a physician, a registered professional nurse, a certified
nurse midwife, or a licensed practical nurse licensed pursuant to Chapter 34
or 26, respectively, of Title 43 when necessary to preserve the physical
health of the female or during or after labor or childbirth for medical
reasons connected with the labor or childbirth.
(d) Consent of the female under the age of 18 years or the parent, guardian,
or custodian of the female under the age of 18 years shall not be a defense
to the offense of female genital mutilation. Neither ritual, custom, nor
standard practice shall be a defense to the offense of female genital
mutilation.

I suspect that the House amendment included "piercing" or changed "infibulation" to "piercing".

In any case, the infibulation bit *alone* arguably applies to piercings. I suspect that the minimum acceptable change to this will require restricting the law to things done to minors, and to thing *non-consensually* done to adults.

I also expect that at some point any such law will get gigged for applying only to females, and result in problems with circumcising male babies. (And yes, I know there's a *lot* of difference between what this law is *trying* to deal with and circumcision of male babies.

Misc stuff

Did laundry as I need some of the stuff in it for Kinkfest.

I had several load. The white load was expected. so was the black load. But being able to have separate loads for:

Pink/red
Purples
blues

is a bit unsettling.