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11/16/2006

Texas State Law
Texas State Penal Code:
§ 21.07. PUBLIC LEWDNESS.

(a) A person commits an
offense if he knowingly engages in any of the following acts in a
public place or, if not in a public place, he is reckless about
whether another is present who will be offended or alarmed by his:

(1) act of sexual intercourse;

(2) act of deviate sexual intercourse;

(3) act of sexual contact; or

(4) act involving contact between the person's mouth
or genitals and the anus or genitals of an animal or fowl.


(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.


Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.
Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, § 1.01, eff. Sept. 1,
1994.

I totally didn't make that shit up. I don't mean to be one those people who likes "wacky laws" ("Did you know that in Manhassett, Maryland, it's illegal to eat a hamburger while walking backwards down the street on a Tuesday!?!?!?!"). I just think it's odd that "fowl" is specified. Isn't the word "animal" enough of a catch-all?