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An Affront to the Idea of Family

Animal Person

That's one of the reasons adopting wasn't a stretch for me at all mentally. Just ask former cattle rancher Howard Lyman , who is now a vegan and animal rights activist. I'm not one of those people who thinks family is composed of only humans or humans who are biologically related.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 8 of 13

Animal Ethics

One ought to adopt the best means. Cattle might be overproduced because of government subsidies and new markets found for meat. It is certainly likely that a similar phenomenon would occur if vegan vegetarianism became a widespread movement in the U.S. Consequently, one ought not to eat meat. causing a decline in U.S.