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New York Assemblymen Oppose Legalization of MMA by Comparing It to Slavery and Gay Porn

There are some New York assemblymen who don’t want to see MMA legalized.

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Will MMA be legalized in the state of New York? That’s the question that a group of lawmakers spent all day discussing. According to WNYT reporter Dan Levy, some of them like the idea of legalizing the sport:

Others hate it:

And some of them really hate it. They hate it so much that they went as far as to compare it to slavery:

And…gay porn?

There were some other strange comparisons made, too:

The thought seems to be that a bill legalizing MMA will pass the New York state assembly. But clearly, there are going to be at least a few people who are going to be very upset about it.

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[via The Big Lead]

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