[dangus]

In case you are interested in a Catholic take on this: OK, silly question... but still...

I grew up in a Franciscan parish, and it was quite a long-standing tradition to bless pets. We bless homes, food, our work, our Christmas tree, our lenten palms, our cars... whatever we use, so that we use it for God. Of course, the readings made clear what that such blessings did not mean our pets were rational ("human") souls any more than the food, the work, the Christmas tree, our lenten palms, our cars. No sane person could confuse the blessing with a baptism.

But our pets do play an important part of our lives, they are beloved and thus, we blessed them. Bless sea monkeys? well, that's reductio ad absurdeum; we don't love sea monkeys. We can't even tell them apart. (South Park notwithstanding...)

But like any decent thing, of course, the pagans and the fruitcakes have to go ruin things.

[dangus]

>> Yet the thing that raised my curiosity the most was the fact that these events are billed as “ecumenical.” Now correct me if I’m wrong, but I was under the impression that denominational divisions weren’t really an issue in the animal kingdom. <<

Yeah, that's just silly. My German Shepherd was Catholic. :^D

[Calm_Cool_and_Elected]

Well, when we bought our house, we had a dedication service where we thanked God for the blessing He gave to us, asked Him to bless all who enter and dedicated our home to His service.

CC&E

[Gamecock]

***In case you are interested in a Catholic take on this: OK, silly question... but still...***

So that is "a catholic" position, not THE CATHOLIC position....