[immigration lady]

animals don't have a voice. We are their voice and the only one they have to protect them. If we won't, then who will?

I love my dogs more than most people. They'll always be true, they'll never lie, they are always there when you are down, they'll never yell at you and no matter how much you yell at them, not matter what you do to them, they will unconditionally love you. and when they die, a piece of you dies with them.

I'm a firm believer that you can judge the character of a person by the way he treats his dog. I don't have much respect for people who have no respect for an innocent life that appears to be less worthy than their own. Because it wanders around on 4 feet doesn't make it any less God's creature.

[jmc813]

Your #46 is one of the best FR posts I've read in a long time. What you wrote was what I was trying to convey in post 17.

[KoRn]

Damn well said.

[TheDane]

I agree with you. My dog Max is my best friend. More than once he has placed himself between me and danger. This single German Sheppard has ten times the courage of the SWAT team cowering behind the building at Columbine.

[beezdotcom]

animals don't have a voice.

Animals have teeth, claws and a survival instinct. The only ones that truly need us are the ones that were bred to need us. God provides for the sparrow.

I don't have much respect for people who have no respect for an innocent life that appears to be less worthy than their own.

Nor do I. I have no desire for the animals I eat to unnecessarily suffer - but eat them, I will. I have no desire to see a puppy shot - but I'm more concerned about the pain it causes his owner to have him shot.

I also don't have much respect for those people who elevate animals above humans. I know I don't do enough charity on my own - but I cringe every time I see a celebrity pimp for a PETA cruelty cause, when I know that there are PEOPLE that need the help MORE.

Because it wanders around on 4 feet doesn't make it any less God's creature.

Maybe not. But the Bible spends an awful lot of time telling us how to treat our fellow humans. Most of its mention of animals is to discuss preparation for sacrifice, or finding lost sheep. Again, God provides for the sparrow - but he commands us to love each other; he really didn't say an awful lot about our love for the sparrow, other than to be good stewards of the planet. Therefore, I think that the injustices done to PEOPLE take priority over the injustices done to ANIMALS. YDMV (Your Dogma May Vary.)