Posted on 06/29/2015 8:33:12 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot
Salon has brilliantly presented the argument that animals should be considered people, positing that the antiquated notion of a line of demarcation between humans and animals should be discarded.
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The court was obviously behind the times. According to Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, not only should animals have rights, they should be allowed to marry humans. Kennedy used four criteria in voting for gay marriage:
1. Individual autonomy: Kennedy wrote: “There is dignity in the bond between two men or two women who seek to marry and in their autonomy to make such profound choices.” Certainly orcas and chimps are making their own choices.
2.Commitment: Kennedy: “Marriage responds to the universal fear that a lonely person might call out only to find no one there. It offers the hope of companionship and understanding and assurance that while both still live there will be someone to care for the other.” As Salon writes of killer whalers, “Their tight social arrangement, in which family bonds remain for life, is complex and sophisticated.” Obviously they have an aversion to loneliness.
3.Childbearing and rearing: Kennedy: “[I]t safeguards children and families and thus draws meaning from related rights of childrearing, procreation, and education.” Salon: “Their identities are defined by their families and tribal connections.”
4.Necessary for social order: Kennedy: “Marriage remains a building block of our national community. For that reason, just as a couple vows to support each other, so does society pledge to support the couple, offering symbolic recognition and material benefits to protect and nourish the union.” Marriage unites communities, allowing them to come together. Why should the human race exclude animals from being part of the social mix?
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As long as I have hotdogs I know my dog loves me...
Suppose King Kong really loves FAy RAy and she continues to reject him because he is an animal, is she guilty of a hate crime?
Just a matter of time before some freak demands to polygamously marry the bacteria in his gut.
Conversely, people can now be considered animals.
Polygamy is next. Then the animal friends.
Ah, Peter Singer wins. He gives animals more “rights” than children under the age of 4. And looking at the millennial dog loonies here, who are pushing around strollers full of dogs, demanding dog service in restaurants, etc., I’d say he’s going to get his way.
Sure, I’ll consider animals on a par with humans when they, animals, start paying taxes.
” Conversely, people can now be considered animals. “
And animals can be put down....
Just keeping it in the family.
...animals are people too..
Absolutely. There’s a weasel in the White House.
Only ONE?
So, Salon believes its OK to rape an animal. I wonder what the vegans will think about that.
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