NYC Mayor: Horse-Drawn Carriages in Central Park “Inhumane,” Abortions Okay

Life News ^ | December 31, 2013 | Steven Ertelt

[NYer]

Bill de Blasio, New York’s incoming mayor, apparently loves animals more than people. He thinks horse-drawn carriages in Central Park are “inhumane.” But abortions in New York City, which is the abortion capital of America given its ridiculously high abortion rates? No problem.

Fox News reports on de Blasio’s concern about horse-drawn carriages:

New York City Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio has vowed to move quickly to outlaw the horse-drawn carriages that pull tourists around the city’s famous Central Park.

“We are going to get rid of the horse carriages. Period,” de Blasio, who takes office New Year’s Day, said at a news conference Monday. “They are not humane, they are not appropriate for the year 2014. It’s over. So, just watch us do it.”

Animal-rights activists say the carriage horses are overworked and claim that the city’s traffic and pollution create an unsafe environment.

“They constantly breathe exhaust while dodging dangerous traffic,” says the website of one anti-carriage group, New Yorkers for Clean, Livable, and Safe Streets (NYCLASS), “confined to the shafts of their carriage and their tiny stable stalls, with no access to green pastures.”

Drivers say that the horses are well-treated and receive plenty of vacation time in exchange for their work. They plan to fight de Blasio’s proposed ban in court, whenever it comes.

Bill Donohue of the Catholic League told LifeNews in response: “The new mayor is ready to jump start New York by seeking to ban horse-drawn carriages in Central Park, but it is not certain whether he will put this issue ahead of his plans to expand the number of abortion centers. De Blasio said yesterday that horse-drawn carriages are “inhumane,” and when he ran for mayor he said he was upset with the lack of abortion facilities in “underserved” areas.”

[NYer]

Catholic League, ping!

[Sacajaweau]

We’ve been through this before.

[Gaffer]

Those of you NYC denizens that are smart enough to realize what is going to finally happen had better remember. When you leave that godforsaken hellhole, you must be ever-mindful that you DO NOT LOOK BACK lest you turn to a pillar of salt.

[mabarker1]

Next he will go after the Amish...

[Anton.Rutter]

Amen!

[Bryanw92]

>>So, just watch us do it.

The new battle cry of Progressive politicians.

We need a catchy battle cry to respond with. I like “Eat hot lead, commie b*st*rd!”

[Paladin2]

He should outlaw squirrels first. (Including his squirrelly self)

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Typical of today’s morals. Worry about animals and murder babies.

[ExTexasRedhead]

More proof that Liberalism is a mental disease.

[WHBates]

WTF, Is the entire state full of morons, how in the world did this guy get elected?

[allendale]

Memo to de Blasio: This is not 1975. When New York goes broke with you time tested socialist lunacy, the Republican Congress is not going to tax its constituents to bail you out. Just so you know.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Typical of today’s morals. Worry about animals and murder babies.

[Celtic Conservative]

How about "G_d will not be mocked, you have been warned, your fate is in your hands"

A bit long winded, but unequivocal.

CC

[Excellence]

The horse’s stables sit on very valuable land. Somebody wants it.

[WHBates]

FYI, I just look this up on Wikipedia, I know it not always accurate but....

"Many cities in the United States have mounted units, with New York having one of the largest with 79 officers and 60 horses"

I wonder if the new mayor knows this? What a clown.

[Bryanw92]

>>How about “G_d will not be mocked, you have been warned, your fate is in your hands”

“You have been warned” implies that you are going to let them go home and think about their actions.

When Progressives think, they just think of worse things to do to liberty.

[Whats-wrong-with-the-truth]

One World Freedom Tower Exposed: Crowning The Tyrant

New York's days are numbered.

[Vaquero]

Warren Wilhelm and his black lesbian wife, is about to make that POS Bloomberg look like Reagan.

Good Luck NYC, you got the Mayor you elected.

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

Animal-rights activists say the carriage horses are overworked and claim that the city’s traffic and pollution create an unsafe environment.

If it's true that traffic and pollution create an unsafe environment, then they need to ban people from the streets of New York.