There speaks the liberal attitude - “to me they are pets therefore I want everyone to be forced to behave the way I want them to.”
And that’s the reason this country is turning left - so-called conservatives want to use the government to force their outcome regardless of reality.
Good grief, cinives, I didn't hear A-G say anything about how she wants you to behave. She and I evidently agree that we do not want to see horses raised for food. Nobody said anything about interfering with your decision about euthanizing an animal that is so sick or injured that it can't be saved. And if you want to feed the carcass to the hounds at the hunt club, that doesn't seem unreasonable to me.
My (our) objection, once again, is raising horses for meat. Again, the Illinois situation (i.e., closing down the packing plant that processes horsemeat) was a local decision. If it had gone the other way, I would deplore it, but I am not entitled, as the resident of another state, to impose my will on the people of Illinois.
But I am entitled to say how very much I applaud the decision the people of Illinois made in this case. If the same situation were to rise in my home state, I would urge the people to do exactly likewise. But I wouldn't be forcing or compelling anyone.
I think you're beating on a straw man.