Theos-Talk Archives (January 2005 Message tt00750)

Eldon B Tucker wrote:
> This is an excellent example of the hypocrisy found in many (but not all)
> meat eaters in developed countries. Anyone whose idea of hamburger is
> getting a lump of red stuff at a grocery store and frying it -- rather than
> killing and chopping up an animal -- is disassociated from the complete
> reality of his or her living situation.
I recall when the local government tried to ban Santeria animal 
sacrifice in Florida. The courts rightly used the principle that if an 
act can be performed for non-religious reasons, then it cannot be 
forbidden when done for religious purposes, and, since butchers were 
legal, animal sacrifice needed to be legal, as well.

Bart