Louisiana State Sen. Danny Martiny, R-Kenner, has filed Senate Bill 115 on behalf of the Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops. There, I got an entire sentence out before rediculing this rediculous bill. Bill 115 was crafted for the specific purpose of banning scientists in Louisiana from creating human-animal hybrids. Yes, you read that right–human-animal hybrids. Now, the lobbyist for the Conference of Catholic Bishops, Danny Loar, admits that this has not happened yet in Louisiana, in fact it has not even been discussed yet, but he wants this bill to be a “pre-emptive strike”.

Anyone who is convicted of doing so could face up to 10 years in prison, could be fined up to $10,000 or both. Anyone who profits financially by such experimentation, the bill says, would face a civil fine of $1 million or twice the amount of the gross gain realized — whichever is more.

Thank goodness Senator Danny Martiny (speaking of Martiny, he sounds like he should have a martini) has introduced this bill, otherwise we might have centaurs, minotaurs, and mermaids roving all over the state.