![]() ![]() If she brought the idea of G-d’s Will, and even a biblical reference to support her position that killing animals is immoral, then surely she would oppose homosexual marriage, which has absolutely no place in Jewish and traditional religious thought, right? While I did continue to prolong this discussion, I wondered how she may explain her personal stance on homosexual marriage. This is why I was not at all surprised that the lady to whom I was speaking happened to be a staunch liberal. ![]() It is also interesting that these groups are largely comprised of liberals (the term liberal referring to modern-day American liberalism) and secularists. It is very interesting that the animals rights supporters, who many times go hand-in-hand with environmentalists (informally, and maybe even derogatorily known as “tree huggers”), utilize the term “immoral” when objecting to certain ‘anti-animal’ or ‘anti-environment’ policies. She explained that man has a responsibility for the animals of the world, and to utterly decimate G-d’s creatures would be the antithesis of our godly purpose.īeautifully religious and inspiring words, are they not? As a proof, she referred to the story in the beginning of Genesis, where Adam is giving names to all the animals of the World in the Garden of Eden. Her objection was that as human beings, we do not have the right to kill G-d’s creatures, especially in any inhuman manner. It wasn’t her position as much as the reasoning behind it that got me thinking. Killing these geese was unacceptable, no matter what. Despite the fact that the geese meat was to be given to the needy in the surrounding area, the animal rights groups did not flinch from their position. When the village mayor proposed a plan to simply kill them, many of the residents were up in arms at the possibility of such an inhumane option, and suggested that the mayor find a more humane alternative to dealing with the geese problem. The issue at hand was the proposed mass killing of geese, which were inflicting numerous inconveniences on the residents in the harbor island park area. One Saturday afternoon, after morning services, I was discussing with a lady an issue that had been especially hot in our hometown. ![]()
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