Reaction to Prop. 8 ruling (UPDATED) http://blogs.jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/reaction-to-prop-8-ruling/ A number of Jewish groups are expressing disappointment with the California Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Proposition 8 in California, which bars marriage between same sex couples, while Orthodox organizations are praising the ruling. en-us efingerhut@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-05-27T;01:45:00-05:00 Comment by Sharon McEachern s_mceachern@msn.com Voters in California decided a number of issues, presented as Propositions, alongside the presidential ballot last November. The whole country knows about the controversial gay marriage Proposition 8. But most non-Californians do not know that at the same time Californians voted against gay marriage, they also voted to extend rights to chickens, pregnant pigs and beef-raised-for-veal by a landslide vote. Oh, yes they did! That was a big “NO” for the rights of human beings and a “YES” for the rights of farm animals. It’s like the story of the woman jogging in southern California who was killed by a mountain lion a few years ago. The fund set up for the slain cougar’s orphaned pups received more donations than the fund for the woman’s orphaned children. Ethic Soup blog has a good article on the propositions at: http://www.ethicsoup.com/2008/11/controversial-caged-chicken-ban-passed-by-landslide-in-california.html Voters in California decided a number of issues, presented as Propositions, alongside the presidential ballot last November. The whole country knows about the controversial gay marriage Proposition 8. But most non-Californians do not know that at the same time Californians voted against gay marriage, they also voted to extend rights to chickens, pregnant pigs and beef-raised-for-veal by a landslide vote. Oh, yes they did! That was a big “NO” for the rights of human beings and a “YES” for the rights of farm animals.

It’s like the story of the woman jogging in southern California who was killed by a mountain lion a few years ago. The fund set up for the slain cougar’s orphaned pups received more donations than the fund for the woman’s orphaned children. Ethic Soup blog has a good article on the propositions at:

http://www.ethicsoup.com/2008/11/controversial-caged-chicken-ban-passed-by-landslide-in-california.html

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