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If anyone have intercourse with a pig or a dog, he shall die. If a man have intercourse with a horse or a mule, there is no punishment. But he shall not approach the king, and shall not become a priest... If a pig spring upon a man for intercourse, there is no punishment.

Orson Scott Card

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Orson Scott Card
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: August 24
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