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Buddhists believe it is , to use the Christian term , an immoral act to kill sentient animals.
Muslims and Jews believe that eating pork and improperly killing animals is a sin.
Hindus believe that cows are sacred and to kill and eat one a grave sin.
Given that 4 of the worlds major religions have religious issues with meat production and eating in this country, should we acknowledge their beliefs and pass laws to ban the sale and consumption of meat in the US? If not, why not?
Buddhists believe it is , to use the Christian term , an immoral act to kill sentient animals.
Muslims and Jews believe that eating pork and improperly killing animals is a sin.
Hindus believe that cows are sacred and to kill and eat one a grave sin.
Given that 4 of the worlds major religions have religious issues with meat production and eating in this country, should we acknowledge their beliefs and pass laws to ban the sale and consumption of meat in the US? If not, why not?
No. Because it would be legislation passed for religious reasons, not secular.
Banning meat makes as much sense as banning same sex marriage. The fact someone's religious beliefs say it's immoral doesn't mean you should ban everyone from doing it.
Religions try to force their beliefs onto the populace around them at large is an absurd notion?
What's absurd is the chance that a law like that would ever see the light of day much less actually make it to Congress for a vote.
Even the big-time fundamentalists and evangelicals wouldn't favor such a ban because many of them will say that eating meat and potatoes is a manly, all-American thing to do. Only wusses and wimps eat rabbit food, by golly, like those Euro-pansies and Sushi-eating "*******s" and ... I'm sure you get my point.
It'll be about as successful as Bloomberg's moronic attempt at outlawing super-sized soft drinks in NYC or, for that matter, Prohibition.
Banning beef consumption will merely give organized crime yet one more way to add billions to their coffers.
Buddhists believe it is , to use the Christian term , an immoral act to kill sentient animals.
Muslims and Jews believe that eating pork and improperly killing animals is a sin.
Hindus believe that cows are sacred and to kill and eat one a grave sin.
Given that 4 of the worlds major religions have religious issues with meat production and eating in this country, should we acknowledge their beliefs and pass laws to ban the sale and consumption of meat in the US? If not, why not?
No. The beauty of this country is that Jews can refrain from eating pork for religious reason and, say, Amish, who have no religious restrictions on pork, can raise them for food. (Which they believe God wants them to do.)
There is no reason to pass a law banning meat because of religious beliefs. There are many reasons not to.
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